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Gene in Eye Melanomas Linked to Good Prognosis

Caption: A melanoma that develop in the eye (above) often are fatal. But uveal melanoma tumors that have mutations in the SF3B1 gene are more likely to have a good outcome, suggests new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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