basal

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Over the past decade, scientists have identified two main molecular subtypes of pancreatic cancer, classical and basal.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Non-melanoma cancers like basal and squamous cell are more common but usually less likely to spread or be fatal, he said.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

They detached from the ventricular zone more often and were more likely to become basal progenitor cells instead.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

“Grateful and so appreciative for the incredible team at The Skin Associates and their fast, reactive work on removing this basal cell carcinoma. Thank you!”

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2025

The centrioles and basal bodies are believed in some quarters to be semiautonomous organisms with their own separate genomes.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas