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ArticleCancer cell international2023

BRAF

Nada M Yakout, Dina M Abdallah, Doaa A Abdelmonsif, Hassan Mahmoud Kholosy, Iman M Talaat, Omayma Elsakka

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Article in Cancer cell international, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Nada M YakoutPathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. Nada.suleiman@alexmed.edu.eg.
Dina M AbdallahPathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Doaa A AbdelmonsifMedical Biochemistry Department, Genomics Research Lab, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Hassan Mahmoud KholosyDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Iman M TalaatPathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Omayma ElsakkaPathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Alexandria University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMelanocytic neoplasms range from banal nevi to malignant melanomas. The genetic background has been extensively studied in the Caucasian population. BRAF mutations were reported among the early driver mutations in nevogenesis. Nevertheless, the pathogenesis in the Egyptian population has not been elucidated. AIM AND

methodsThe present study was carried out to assess the sensitivity and specificity of immunohistochemistry (IHC) using the RM-08 clone in reference to allele-specific real-time PCR (CAST-PCR) for the detection of the BRAF

resultsIHC staining was interpreted using staining reaction (positive versus negative) and staining pattern (negative and heterogeneous versus homogenous). Using the staining pattern, the specificity increased from 73.3 to 88.2%, the negative predictive value increased from 73.3 to 100%, the diagnostic accuracy increased from 71.4 to 90.48% and the overall accuracy increased from 69.9 to 77.3%. The sensitivity and positive predictive value remained unchanged. The K-agreement coefficient increased from 0.364 (fair agreement) to 0.741 (good agreement) and was statistically significant (p = 0.00). Next-generation sequencing was performed in 11 cases, 8 cases with IHC-positive and BRAF

conclusionsThese findings suggest that IHC staining homogeneity may be more accurate in predicting BRAF

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BleachingBRAFV600EEgyptianImmunohistochemistryMelanoma

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PMID36737739
PMCPMC9896695
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