Australian researchers use whole genome sequencing to find unexpected genomic landscape in melanoma
By looking at the ‘dark matter’ of the genome, a new study published today in Nature has found that genetic changes in melanomas on the hands and feet (acral) and internal surfaces (mucosal) are completely different to the mutations found in skin melanoma. This confirms them as very distinct diseases from each other.
Researchers at Melanoma Institute Australia, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and The University of Sydney led the study – the largest gene-sequencing study ever undertaken in melanoma, and one of the biggest in the field of oncology – as part of the Australian Melanoma Genome Project.
