Mechanical Properties of Growing Melanocytic Nevi and the Progression to Melanoma

Melanocytic nevi are benign proliferations that sometimes turn into malignant melanoma in a way that is still unclear from the biochemical and genetic point of view. Diagnostic and prognostic tools are then mostly based on dermoscopic examination and morphological analysis of histological tissues. T...

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Main Authors: Taloni, Alessandro, Alemi, Alexander A., Ciusani, Emilio, Sethna, James P., Zapperi, Stefano, La Porta, Caterina A. M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978068/