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  2. Dysplastic nevus syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The CDKN2A gene is located on chromosome 9p21.3. Two main transcripts, isoforms '1' and '4', each contain three exons and span 7288 and 26740 bp, respectively. They encode proteins of 156 and 173 amino acids; isoform '1' encodes p16(INK4a), while isoform '4' encodes p14(ARF), a protein that is structurally unrelated to p16(INK4) but acts in cell cycle G1 control by stabilizing the tumor ...

  3. Dysplastic nevus - Wikipedia

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    In 1992, the NIH recommended that the term "dysplastic nevus" be avoided in favor of the term "atypical mole". [1] An atypical mole may also be referred to as an atypical melanocytic nevus, [2] atypical nevus, B-K mole, Clark's nevus, dysplastic melanocytic nevus, or nevus with architectural disorder. [3] Dysplastic nevi often grow to larger ...

  4. Melanocytic nevus - Wikipedia

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    A melanocytic nevus (also known as nevocytic nevus, nevus-cell nevus, and commonly as a mole) [1] [2] is usually a noncancerous condition of pigment-producing skin cells. It is a type of melanocytic tumor that contains nevus cells . [ 2 ]

  5. Is that mole melanoma? How to tell if a mole is cancerous or not

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    Skin cancer is the No. 1 most common type of cancer in the U.S. That's one of the reasons that May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Many Americans are unaware of their risk for skin ...

  6. Blue nevus - Wikipedia

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    A blue nevus is a type of coloured mole, typically a single well-defined blue-black bump. [1] [2] The blue colour is caused by the pigment being deep in the skin. [4] Diagnosis is by visualisation and dermoscopy. [4] A biopsy is sometimes performed, or the whole lesion surgically removed. [3]

  7. Doctors told woman, 21, her growing neck mole was 'nothing ...

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    What are the symptoms of skin cancer? Woman diagnosed with melanoma at 21 after mole on neck suddenly began growing, getting darker. Her mother saw the changes.

  8. Certain foods may disrupt your body’s fight against cancer ...

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    Higher levels of omega-6 fatty acids often found in ultraprocessed foods may interfere with the immune system’s fight against cancer cells, a new study says.

  9. Congenital melanocytic nevus - Wikipedia

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    Microscopically, congenital melanocytic nevi appear similar to acquired nevi with two notable exceptions. For the congenital nevus, the neval cells are found deeper into the dermis. Also, the deeper nevus cells can be found along with neurovascular bundles, with both surrounding hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and subcutaneous fat.