title: Low BRAF V600 mutation prevalence in primary skin nodular melanoma in Indonesia: a real-time PCR detection among Javanese patients
abstract: The prevalence of BRAF V600 mutation in Indonesian primary skin nodular melanoma cases is low and significantly associated with anatomic location and lymphovascular invasion. It is lower than prevalences in other Asian populations as well as in Caucasian populations and suggests that melanoma cases in Javanese people may have distinct clinicopathological characteristics from other Asian ethnicities.
journal: BMC Proceedings