No correlation was identified between BRAF mutational status and OS (calculated from the date of the LND and primary tumor excision) and the prognosis did not differ between BRAF-mutated (P=0.73) and BRAF-WT (P=0.87) melanomas, however, a trend for an improved OS was identified for non-V600E mutants (Fig. 1). This evidence concerns the gene BRAF and melanoma.