Anatomy & Physiology
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Author: Kelly A. Young, James A. Wise, Peter DeSaix, Dean H. Kruse, Brandon Poe, Eddie Johnson, Jody E. Johnson, Oksana Korol, J. Gordon Betts, Mark Womble
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Chapter 5, Problem 24RQ
Squamous cell carcinomas are the second most common of the skin cancers and are capable of metastasizing if not treated. This cancer affects which cells?
- basal cells of the stratum basale
- melanocytes of the stratum basale
- keratinocytes of the stratum spinosum
- Langerhans cells of the stratum lucidum
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