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SkylineDx Publishes Landmark MERLIN_001 Trial in JAMA Surgery<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
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EVERY MELANOMA IS UNIQUE<\/strong><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\"Merlin<\/span><\/div>
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The Merlin\u2122 Assay is a unique tool for your personalized melanoma care.<\/strong><\/h1><\/div>

Current treatment decisions for sentinel lymph node biopsy referral are made based on clinicopathologic factors such as patient\u2019s age, Breslow thickness and ulceration. However, these variables do not always provide complete insights of the melanoma.<\/p>\n

With the Merlin Assay, it is possible to take a deeper look into the biology of your melanoma by analyzing the expression of 8 specific genes involved in processes related to cancer metastasis and melanosome biogenesis \u2013 alongside the clinicopathologic variables patient\u2019s age and Breslow thickness.<\/p>\n

The Merlin Assay helps in identifying primary cutaneous melanoma patients who have a low risk of having nodal metastasis and may therefore forgo a sentinel lymph node biopsy procedure.<\/p>\n

The Merlin Assay has been developed in partnership by SkylineDx and the Mayo Clinic (USA) and has been validated in multiple multicenter clinical trials in the United States and in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Melanoma is one of the most common cancers in Europe.<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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New Melanoma<\/strong> Cases<\/span>
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Over the last 30 years, melanoma incidence has risen by 237%1<\/sup> and every year, more than 150,000 new cases2<\/sup> are diagnosed within Europe.<\/p>\n

Early diagnosis, appropriate testing, and accurate staging are essential to the care and management of every patient.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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  1. Melanoma Patient Network EU. www.melanomapatientnetworkeu.org<\/a><\/li>\n
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WHO The Global Cancer Observatory \u2013 August 2024 \u00a0https:\/\/gco.iarc.who.int\/media\/globocan\/factsheets\/cancers\/16-melanoma-of-skin-fact-sheet.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-397","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nMerlin Melanoma<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Merlin is a powerful tool in personalized melanoma care.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/merlinmelanomatest.com\/global\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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