Boris Bastian, MD, PhD

An unconventional deep penetrating melanocytic nevus with microscopic involvement of regional lymph nodes.

McCalmont TH, Bastian BC PMID: 22211333

Beyond BRAF in melanoma.

Daud A, Bastian BC PMID: 21826607

Nodular lesions arising in a large congenital melanocytic naevus in a newborn with eruptive disseminated Spitz naevi.

Feito-Rodríguez M, de Lucas-Laguna R, Bastian BC, Leboit P, González-Beato MJ, López-Gutiérrez JC, Requena L, Pizarro A PMID: 21711345

Metastatic melanoma with striking adenocarcinomatous differentiation illustrating phenotypic plasticity in melanoma.

Jalas JR, Vemula S, Bezrookove V, Leboit PE, Simko JP, Bastian BC PMID: 21836492

Germline mutations in BAP1 predispose to melanocytic tumors.

Wiesner T, Obenauf AC, Murali R, Fried I, Griewank KG, Ulz P, Windpassinger C, Wackernagel W, Loy S, Wolf I, Viale A, Lash AE, Pirun M, Socci ND, Rütten A, Palmedo G, Abramson D, Offit K, Ott A, Becker JC, Cerroni L, Kutzner H, Bastian BC, Speicher MR PMID: 21874003

An isolated Merkel cell carcinoma metastasis at a distant cutaneous site presenting as a second 'primary' tumor.

Ahronowitz IZ, Daud AI, Leong SP, Shue EH, Bastian BC, McCalmont TH, Yu SS PMID: 21883364

Erythropoietin receptor contributes to melanoma cell survival in vivo.

Kumar SM, Zhang G, Bastian BC, Arcasoy MO, Karande P, Pushparajan A, Acs G, Xu X PMID: 21860424

The melanomas: a synthesis of epidemiological, clinical, histopathological, genetic, and biological aspects, supporting distinct subtypes, causal pathways, and cells of origin.

Whiteman DC, Pavan WJ, Bastian BC PMID: 21707960

Assessment of copy number status of chromosomes 6 and 11 by FISH provides independent prognostic information in primary melanoma.

North JP, Vetto JT, Murali R, White KP, White CR, Bastian BC PMID: 21716079

KIT as a therapeutic target in metastatic melanoma.

Carvajal RD, Antonescu CR, Wolchok JD, Chapman PB, Roman RA, Teitcher J, Panageas KS, Busam KJ, Chmielowski B, Lutzky J, Pavlick AC, Fusco A, Cane L, Takebe N, Vemula S, Bouvier N, Bastian BC, Schwartz GK PMID: 21642685