Automated Quantitative Analysis of HDM2 Expression in Malignant Melanoma Shows Association with Early-Stage Disease and Improved Outcome
Berger AJ, Camp RL, DiVito KA, Kluger HM, Halaban R, Rimm DL. Automated Quantitative Analysis of HDM2 Expression in Malignant Melanoma Shows Association with Early-Stage Disease and Improved Outcome. Cancer Research 2004, 64: 8767-8772. PMID: 15574789, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-1384.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMurine double minute 2Double minute 2Protein expressionMalignant melanomaMinute 2Early-stage diseaseTissue microarray cohortPotential tissue biomarkersCutaneous malignant melanomaValuable prognostic toolNormal skin samplesSkin cancer deathsMicroarray cohortAdvanced melanomaMetastatic lesionsCancer deathPrimary melanomaImproved outcomesExpression of HDM2Tissue biomarkersPrognostic toolBetter outcomesMelanoma lesionsAggressive natureMelanomaAutomated Quantitative Analysis of Tissue Microarrays Reveals an Association between High Bcl-2 Expression and Improved Outcome in Melanoma
Divito KA, Berger AJ, Camp RL, Dolled-Filhart M, Rimm DL, Kluger HM. Automated Quantitative Analysis of Tissue Microarrays Reveals an Association between High Bcl-2 Expression and Improved Outcome in Melanoma. Cancer Research 2004, 64: 8773-8777. PMID: 15574790, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-1387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBcl-2 expressionHigh Bcl-2 expressionTissue microarrayMetastatic specimensResponse rateSmall cohortProgression-free survivalImproved response ratesLarge patient cohortMelanoma patientsClark levelEntire cohortBreslow depthClinical variablesPatient cohortMetastatic melanomaContinuous index scoreBetter outcomesIndex scoreMelanoma specimensCohortMelanomaBcl-2PatientsOutcomes