basal
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As GATA6 levels drop, cancer cells lose their organized structure, shift toward the more aggressive basal state, and become much less responsive to chemotherapy.
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 tracked each patient's next diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma or cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 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
My centrioles, basal bodies, and probably a good many other more obscure tiny beings at work inside my cells, each with its own special genome, are as foreign, and as essential, as aphids in anthills.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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The Lives of a Cell
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