Human Skin Cancer, Potential Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets

• Other Authors: Blumenberg, Miroslav (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2016
• Subjects: Oncology; melanoma, glycosylation, epigenetics, metastasis, cytotoxicity, migration
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Skin cancers, basal and squamous cell carcinomas, malignant melanomas, and Merkel cell carcinomas, constitute arguably the most common and increasingly prevalent human neoplasms. Here we discuss the epigenetic changes in DNA and chromatin, which are increasingly associated with melanoma. Several cha...