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Female immunity protects from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
2021-01-28
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Purpose</h4> Cancer susceptibility and mortality are higher in males, and the mutational and transcriptomic landscape of cancer differs by sex. The current assumption is that men are at higher risk of epithelial cancers as they expose more to carcinogens and accumulate more damage than women. We present data showing women are more protected from aggressive cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) due to stron...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c14c6610-7ec7-5d14-a839-99d3e283fee9
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.01.28.428489
