Scientific Evidence
Expert consensus on the use of prognostic gene expression profiling tests for the management of cutaneous melanoma: consensus from the skin cancer prevention working group
Mar 2022
Expert panel of 8 dermatologists from the Skin Cancer Prevention Working Group developed 6 concensus statements supporting the appropriate use of GEP testing.
Publication: Dermatology and Therapy
Using a 31-gene expression profile test to stratify patients with stage I–II cutaneous melanoma according to recurrence risk: update to a prospective, multicenter study
Feb 2022
The 31-GEP accurately identified patients with stage IB-II CM at low and high risk of melanoma relapse in a prospective, multicenter study. Identifying which tumors have the highest probability of recurrence or metastasis, despite negative SLN results can aid in earlier disease detection.
Publication: Cancers
Expanded evidence that the 31-gene expression profile test provides clinical utility for melanoma management in a multicenter study
Feb 2022
Final report from a prospective study assessing the impacy of 31-GEP testing results on clinical management decisions including changes in imaging, laboratory work, and frequency of office visits. Outcomes data included.
Publication: Current Medical Research and Opinion
Attitudes of patients with cutaneous melanoma toward prognostic testing using the 31-gene expression profile test
Oct 2021
Patient survery performed in conjunction with Melanoma Research Foundation on patient attitudes towards prognostic testing
Publication: Cancer Medicine
The 31-gene expression profile stratifies recurrence and metastasis risk in patients with cutaneous melanoma
Sep 2021
DecisionDx-Melanoma significantly stratified patient risk for RFS, DMFS, and MSS (p < 0.001) and was a significant, independent predictor of metastatic recurrence (hazard ratio: 5.38; p = 0.014).
Publication: Future Oncology
Integrating 31-Gene expression profiling with clinicopathologic features to optimize cutaneous melanoma sentinel lymph node metastasis prediction
Sep 2021
Validation of integrated 31-GEP (i31-GEP) neural network algorithm incorporating clinicopathologic factors with the continuous 31-GEP score for personalized SLNB positivity risk assessment.
Publication: JCO Precision Oncology
Clinical use of a diagnostic gene expression signature for melanocytic neoplasms
May 2021
Patients managed in accordance with a benign 23-GEP result, including forgoing re-excision, reported no adverse events during the follow-up period.
Publication: Cutis
Long-term outcomes in a multicenter, prospective cohort evaluating the prognostic 31-gene expression profile for cutaneous melanoma
Apr 2021
Prospective analysis reporting long-term outcomes for patients tested with DecisionDx-Melanoma (follow-up to study first published as Hsueh, 2017).
Publication: JCO Precision Oncology
Utility of a 31-gene expression profile for predicting outcomes in patients with primary cutaneous melanoma referred for sentinel node biopsy
Mar 2021
GEP class was predictive of RFS and DMFS and independently predicted relapse in AJCC “low risk” (stages IA-IIA) patients.
Publication: The American Jounral of Surgery
Assessment of the 31-gene expression profile test by dermatologists: a cross-sectional survey from national dermatology conferences
Mar 2021
Survey to assess the professional understanding, opinions, and clinical usage of the 31-GEP test by dermatologists.
Publication: SKIN: Journal of Cutaneous Melanoma
Risk stratification of patients with stage I cutaneous melanoma using 31-gene expression profiling
Jan 2021
Examined the prognostic value of the 31-gene expression profile (31-GEP) test for the risk of recurrence in stage I CM patients according to 31-GEP class.
Publication: Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology
A dermatologist’s guide to implementation of gene expression profiling in the management of melanoma
Nov 2020
Expert panel of 5 leading dermatologists with 31-GEP experience convened to review literature and create a shared decision-making model/algorithm.
Publication: Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology