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Progression from atypical/dysplastic intraepidermal proliferations and carcinoma in situ to invasive tumors: a pathway based on current knowledge.
The American Journal of dermatopathology - 1 Dec 2011
Chisholm Cary, Greene John F
Abstract excerpt
Oncology research efforts in recent years have begun to elucidate the role of the peritumoral stroma in the development of dysplasia and subsequent invasive malignancy. In the skin, the stroma surrounding keratinocytic and melanocytic tumors reacts to the dysplastic epidermis in a similar fashion to the wound healing response. Once epidermal genetic mutations and aberrant molecular signaling have occurred, the...
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