Sentences with phrase «rare subset of patients»

The third paper in the issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology describes an analysis of a very rare subset of patients with low - stage disease and amplification of the MYCN oncogene.

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But Yale researchers have identified a subset of those patients with a rare genetic mutation who are living significantly longer than patients without the mutation.

Overall, despite the dramatic therapeutic advances made elsewhere in the melanoma field, the poor prognosis of patients with mucosal melanoma mandates continued emphasis on laboratory and clinical research efforts in this rare subset of disease.