Analysis of gene mutations and clinical features in elderly patients with melanoma

摘要

Objective To investigate the gene mutation status in Chinese elderly patients with melanoma and to explore the correlation of gene mutation with clinical characteristics and prognosis.Methods Melanoma tissue samples from Chinese elderly patients were analyzed for gene mutations of KIT,BRAF and NRAS in genomic DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and Sanger sequencing.The correlations of gene mutations with clinicopathologic features and prognosis were statistically