Prognostic Utility of CpG Island Hypermethylated Phenotype in Early-Stage Invasive Primary Melanomas.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-11-2022

Publication Title

The Journal of investigative dermatology

Keywords

california; santa monica; sjci

Abstract

In their article in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Conway et al. (2021) show the significance of the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) subclass in early-stage invasive primary melanomas, particularly in the lentigo maligna melanoma histological subtype. CIMP melanomas had reduced melanoma-specific survival compared with intermediate and low methylation subtypes. This study emphasizes the importance of epigenomic changes in early-stage primary tumors that are associated with poor prognosis.

Clinical Institute

Cancer

Department

Dermatology

Department

Oncology

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