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Assaying for BRAF V600E in Tissue and Blood in Melanoma

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Molecular Diagnostics for Melanoma

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1102))

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The BrafV600E mutation has been detected in patients with metastatic melanoma, colon, thyroid, and other cancers. Studies suggested that tumors with this mutation are especially sensitive to BRAF inhibitors-hence the need to reliably determine the BRAF status of tumor specimens. The present technologies used to screen for this mutation fail to address the problems associated with infiltrating stromal and immune cells bearing wild-type BRAF alleles and thus may fail to detect the presence of mutant BRAFV600E tumors. We have developed a rapid, inexpensive method of BRAF analysis that reduces the contamination of wild-type BRAF sequences from tumor biopsies. The protocol involves a series of PCR amplifications and restriction digestions that take advantage of unique features of both wild-type and mutant BRAF RNA at codon 600. Using this protocol, mutant BRAF can be detected in RNA from mixed populations with as few as 0.1 % BRAFV600E mutant containing cells.

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  1. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    David J. Panka & James W. Mier

  2. Center for Melanoma, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Ryan J. Sullivan

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  1. Cancer Diagnosis Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Magdalena Thurin

  2. Sidra Medical and Research Center,Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar

    Francesco M. Marincola

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Panka, D.J., Mier, J.W., Sullivan, R.J. (2014). Assaying for BRAF V600E in Tissue and Blood in Melanoma. In: Thurin, M., Marincola, F. (eds) Molecular Diagnostics for Melanoma. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1102. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-727-3_8

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