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ReviewMelanoma management2019

Prognostic gene expression profiling in melanoma: necessary steps to incorporate into clinical practice.

Douglas Grossman, Caroline C Kim, Rebecca I Hartman, Elizabeth Berry, Kelly C Nelson, Nwanneka Okwundu, Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski, Sancy A Leachman, Susan M Swetter

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Review in Melanoma management, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Circulating Tumor DNA as a Biomarker for Melanoma Prognosis and Therapy.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2026
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  2. Prognostic Biomarkers in Evolving Melanoma Immunotherapy.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2025
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  4. Reporting tumor genomic test results to SEER registries via linkages.Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs · 2024
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  12. Protein expression of prognostic genes in primary melanoma and benign nevi.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Douglas GrossmanDermatology, Huntsman Cancer Institute & University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1790-7023
Caroline C KimDermatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston & Newton Wellesley Hospital, Wellesley, MA 02111, USA.
Rebecca I HartmanDermatology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, & Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02446, USA.
Elizabeth BerryDermatology, Oregon Health & Sciences University & Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Kelly C NelsonDermatology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Nwanneka OkwunduDermatology, Huntsman Cancer Institute & University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
Clara Curiel-LewandrowskiDermatology, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.
Sancy A LeachmanDermatology, Oregon Health & Sciences University & Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Susan M SwetterDermatology, Stanford University Medical Center & Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.
Oregon Health & Science University · USUniversity of Utah · USHarvard University · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USTufts Medical Center · USUniversity of Arizona · USVA Palo Alto Health Care System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prognostic gene expression profiling (GEP) tests for cutaneous melanoma (CM) are not recommended in current guidelines outside of a clinical trial. However, their use is becoming more prevalent and some practitioners are using GEP tests to guide patient management. Thus, there is an urgent need to bridge this gap between test usage and clinical guideline recommendations by obtaining high-quality evidence to guide us toward best practice use of GEP testing in CM patients. We focus here on the opportunities and uncertainties associated with prognostic GEP testing in CM, review how GEP testing was incorporated into clinical care guidelines for uveal melanoma and breast cancer and discuss the role of clinical trials to determine best use in patients with CM.

Indexed as

gene expression profilemelanomamolecular testing

Identifiers

PMID31871621
PMCPMC6920745
OpenAlexW2995829946

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