TEST:

VENTANA anti-BRAF V600E (VE1) Mouse Monoclonal Primary Antibody

In this post-2017 WHO classification cohort of 554 consecutive PTCs, BRAF V600E mutation is highly prevalent in 87% of the cases. RAS mutations account for only 1.1% of the cases and half of them are classified as encapsulated follicular variant of PTC. Kinase gene fusions are identified in 8.5% of the cases and are clinically relevant given the emerging targeted kinase inhibitor therapy.

This study revealed an association between the clinicopathological aspects of cutaneous melanoma and overall survival, disease-free survival, and overall mortality. A treatment with anti-BRAF-targeted therapy, which incorporates the already available medications' is being researched and developed.

"The agreement rate was 91% (72/79). Although the agreement rate was high, we suggest that the use of IHC is more suitable for rapid BRAF testing on sentinel lymph node biopsies when associated with a low percentage and scattered tumor cells, which gave a high risk of non-contributory analysis and/or false negative results with the IdyllaBRAF Mutation Test."

"This included 2 cases of GG and 5 cases of PA. Our study found that BRAF V600E mutations are moderately frequent in PA and GG and that for these tumor entities, IHC VE1 is suitable for screening purposes, but all negative, equivocal, and weak positive cases should be further tested with molecular biology techniques, of which the Idylla system seems to be a promising tool."

"The BRAF mutation was significantly associated with older age, multifocality, extrathyroidal extension, lymph node metastasis, and advanced tumor stage. In conclusion, VE1 IHC is a reliable method for detecting BRAF mutation in PTC specimens."