TY - JOUR
T1 - Cytogenetics of 158 patients with regional or disseminated melanoma Subset analysis of near-diploid and simple karyotypes
AU - Thompson, Floyd H.
AU - Emerson, Julia
AU - Olson, Sharon
AU - Weinstein, Ronald
AU - Anne Leavitt, S.
AU - Leong, Stanley P.L.
AU - Emerson, Scott
AU - Trent, Jeffrey M.
AU - Nelson, Mark A.
AU - Salmon, Sydney E.
AU - Taetle, Raymond
PY - 1995/9
Y1 - 1995/9
N2 - We report on the cytogenetic analyses of 158 cases of metastatic malignant melanoma, comprised of 63 cases with regional disease (RD) and 95 cases with distant (metastatic) disease (DD). Clonal structural abnormalities were identified in 126 (80%) cases and were significantly increased (< 0.01 after adjusting for multiple comparisons) on chromosomes (in order of frequency of involvement) 1, 6, 7, 11, 9, and 3. Clustering of breakpoints occurred at 1p36, 1p22-q21, 6p11-q21, 9p, 11q23-qter, 13p (especially for cases with DD), and 19q13. The most common clonal numerical abnormalities, in a subset of 49 near-diploid cases were -10, -22, -9, +7, -19, and -Y. Analysis of chromosome segment gains and losses (CSRP) showed frequent loss of chromosomes 6 and 10, followed by equal rates of involvement of chromosomes 1, 7, and 9. Whole or segmental losses of chromosome 9 (especially 9p) correlate well with recent molecular genetic studies identifying putative suppressor genes, and are also likely important genetic abnormalities. However, based on the frequency of abnormalities in this large series of metastatic melanomas, it is likely that structural abnormalities of 1 and 6, and -10 are important in the pathogenesis of sporadic advanced melanoma.
AB - We report on the cytogenetic analyses of 158 cases of metastatic malignant melanoma, comprised of 63 cases with regional disease (RD) and 95 cases with distant (metastatic) disease (DD). Clonal structural abnormalities were identified in 126 (80%) cases and were significantly increased (< 0.01 after adjusting for multiple comparisons) on chromosomes (in order of frequency of involvement) 1, 6, 7, 11, 9, and 3. Clustering of breakpoints occurred at 1p36, 1p22-q21, 6p11-q21, 9p, 11q23-qter, 13p (especially for cases with DD), and 19q13. The most common clonal numerical abnormalities, in a subset of 49 near-diploid cases were -10, -22, -9, +7, -19, and -Y. Analysis of chromosome segment gains and losses (CSRP) showed frequent loss of chromosomes 6 and 10, followed by equal rates of involvement of chromosomes 1, 7, and 9. Whole or segmental losses of chromosome 9 (especially 9p) correlate well with recent molecular genetic studies identifying putative suppressor genes, and are also likely important genetic abnormalities. However, based on the frequency of abnormalities in this large series of metastatic melanomas, it is likely that structural abnormalities of 1 and 6, and -10 are important in the pathogenesis of sporadic advanced melanoma.
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U2 - 10.1016/0165-4608(95)00057-V
DO - 10.1016/0165-4608(95)00057-V
M3 - Article
C2 - 7553595
AN - SCOPUS:0029148164
SN - 0165-4608
VL - 83
SP - 93
EP - 104
JO - Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics
JF - Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics
IS - 2
ER -