Loss of ‘Epidermal Melanin Unit’ Integrity in Human Skin During Melanoma-Genesis

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Cutaneous melanoma can be a most challenging neoplasm of high lethality, in part due to its extreme heterogeneity and characteristic aggressive and invasive nature. Indeed, its moniker ‘the great masquerader’ reflects that not all melanomas are created equal in terms of their originating cellular contexts, but also that melanoma cells in the malignant tumor can adopt a wide range of different cell states and...

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