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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

Immunohistochemical BRAF V600E Expression and Intratumor BRAF V600E Heterogeneity in Acral Melanoma: Implication in Melanoma-Specific Survival.

Takamichi Ito, Yumiko Kaku-Ito, Maho Murata, Kazuhisa Furue, Che-Hung Shen, Yoshinao Oda, Masutaka Furue

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Immune checkpoint molecules and spatial transcriptome profiles according to BRAF status in acral melanoma.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2025
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  5. More than just acral melanoma: the controversies of defining the disease.The journal of pathology. Clinical research · 2021
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  7. BRAF Heterogeneity in Melanoma.Current treatment options in oncology · 2021
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  8. NECTIN4: A Novel Therapeutic Target for Melanoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Takamichi ItoDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Yumiko Kaku-ItoDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Maho MurataDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Kazuhisa FurueDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Che-Hung ShenNational Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan 70456, Taiwan.
Yoshinao OdaDepartment of Anatomic Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Masutaka FurueDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Kyushu University · JPNational Health Research Institutes · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acral melanoma, a distinct form of cutaneous melanoma originating in the glabrous skin of the palms, soles, and nail beds, has a different genetic background from other subtypes of cutaneous melanoma. The roles of oncogenic

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acral lentiginous melanomaacral melanomaBRAFheterogeneityimmunohistochemistrymutationoutcomeprognosissurvivalVE1

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PMID32143442
PMCPMC7141227
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