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Viral DNA detection and RAS mutations in actinic keratosis and nonmelanoma skin cancers.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Feb 2010
Zaravinos A, Kanellou P, Spandidos D A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Actinic keratosis (AK) is a well-established precancerous skin lesion that has the potential to progress to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a locally aggressive slowly growing tumour that rarely metastasizes. A number of viruses have been proposed to play a role in the development of nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSC), but the most plausible evidence to date suggests that...
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