Lack of TERT promoter mutations in melanomas with extensive regression

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2016 Mar;74(3):570-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.10.003.

Authors

Blanca de Unamuno Bustos¹, Rosa Murria Estal², Gema Pérez Simó², Vicente Oliver Martínez³, Margarita Llavador Ros⁴, Sarai Palanca Suela⁵, Rafael Botella Estrada¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University Hospital La Fe, Spain.
² Molecular Biology Laboratory, Service of Clinical Analysis, University Hospital La Fe, Spain.
³ Department of Dermatology, University General Hospital of Valencia, Spain.
⁴ Department of Pathology, University Hospital La Fe, Spain.
⁵ Molecular Biology Laboratory, Service of Clinical Analysis, University Hospital La Fe, Spain. Electronic address: palanca_sar@gva.es.

PMID: 26892657
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.10.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Case-Control Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Melanoma / genetics*
Middle Aged
Mutation*
Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous / genetics*
Promoter Regions, Genetic / genetics*
Skin Neoplasms / genetics*
Telomerase / genetics*

Substances

TERT protein, human
Telomerase