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Basal Cell Cancer
Recent studies from University of Texas add new data to basal cell cancer
June 10th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Basal cell carcinoma is the most common malignancy in Caucasian individuals. Metastatic basal cell carcinoma is extremely rare (with a rate estimated as 0.03%)." "Actin has been detected in aggressive forms of basal cell carcinoma, but their expression in metastatic lesions is not known. We compared the expression of actin and actin-related cytoskeletal proteins in relatively less aggressive basal cell carcinoma (nodular), aggressive basal cell carcinoma (infiltrative/morpheaform), and metastatic basal cell carcinoma. We studied 12 cases of nodular basal cell carcinoma, 10 cases of infiltrative basal cell carcinoma, and 10...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-06-10)
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