2024
DNA Methylation Classes of Stage II and III Primary Melanomas and Their Clinical and Prognostic Significance
Conway K, Edmiston S, Vondras A, Reiner A, Corcoran D, Shen R, Parrish E, Hao H, Lin L, Kenney J, Ilelaboye G, Kostrzewa C, Kuan P, Busam K, Lezcano C, Lee T, Hernando E, Googe P, Ollila D, Moschos S, Gorlov I, Amos C, Ernstoff M, Cust A, Wilmott J, Scolyer R, Mann G, Vergara I, Ko J, Rees J, Yan S, Nagore E, Bosenberg M, Rothberg B, Osman I, Lee J, Saenger Y, Bogner P, Thompson C, Gerstenblith M, Holmen S, Funchain P, Brunsgaard E, Depcik-Smith N, Luo L, Boyce T, Orlow I, Begg C, Berwick M, Thomas N, Berwick M, Luo L, Boyce T, Reynolds A, Wiggins C, Thomas N, Conway K, Edmiston S, Ollila D, Hao H, Parrish E, Googe P, Moschos S, Corcoran D, Vondras A, Tsai Y, Lin L, Shen R, Begg C, Arora A, Seshan V, Reiner A, Kostrzewa C, Busam K, Orlow I, Lezcano C, Kenney J, Sadeghi K, O'Connell K, Ilelaboye G, Parmar H, Leong S, Corrales S, Scolyer R, Cust A, Wilmott J, Mann G, Shang P, Burke H, Ferguson P, Jakrot V, Lee T, Hernando E, Osman I, Hanniford D, Argibay D, Moran U, Heguy A, Ramaswami S, Amos C, Gorlov I, Zhu D, Ernstoff M, Bogner P, Lee J, Rees J, Yan S, Gerstenblith M, Thompson C, Ko J, Funchain P, Ngo P, Bosenberg M, Gould Rothberg B, Panse G, Saenger Y, Fullerton B, Holmen S, Colman H, Brunsgaard E, Wada D, Nagore E, Manrique-Silva E, Requena C, Traves V, Millan-Esteban D, Rainka M. DNA Methylation Classes of Stage II and III Primary Melanomas and Their Clinical and Prognostic Significance. JCO Precision Oncology 2024, 8: e2400375. PMID: 39509669, DOI: 10.1200/po-24-00375.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmerican Joint Committee on CancerCpG island methylator phenotypePrimary melanomaBreslow thicknessMethylation classClinicopathological characteristicsN stageRisk of melanoma-related deathLow methylationStage IIRetrospective case-control studyCutaneous primary melanomaHigher AJCC stagePrimary cutaneous melanomaHigher N stageMelanoma-related deathDNA methylation classDied of melanomaMitotic indexCase-control studyIII patientsClinicopathological factorsCpG island hypermethylationPrognostic significanceAJCC stage
2023
InterMEL: An international biorepository and clinical database to uncover predictors of survival in early-stage melanoma
Orlow I, Sadeghi K, Edmiston S, Kenney J, Lezcano C, Wilmott J, Cust A, Scolyer R, Mann G, Lee T, Burke H, Jakrot V, Shang P, Ferguson P, Boyce T, Ko J, Ngo P, Funchain P, Rees J, O’Connell K, Hao H, Parrish E, Conway K, Googe P, Ollila D, Moschos S, Hernando E, Hanniford D, Argibay D, Amos C, Lee J, Osman I, Luo L, Kuan P, Aurora A, Rothberg BE, Bosenberg M, Gerstenblith M, Thompson C, Bogner P, Gorlov I, Holmen S, Brunsgaard E, Saenger Y, Shen R, Seshan V, Nagore E, Ernstoff M, Busam K, Begg C, Thomas N, Berwick M, Consortium O. InterMEL: An international biorepository and clinical database to uncover predictors of survival in early-stage melanoma. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0269324. PMID: 37011054, PMCID: PMC10069769, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-stage melanomaPrimary melanomaMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterDisease-specific survivalPredictors of survivalMulti-institutional settingSomatic mutationsPre-established protocolMiRNA expressionScreening failureMulticenter studyCancer CenterDownstream testingLimited tumor tissueNucleic acid qualityClinical databaseMulticenter researchTumor tissueMelanomaTumor samplesFFPE tumorsArchival tissueFFPE tissue blocksTissue blocksSuccess rate