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Johns Hopkins Medicine

Skin Cancer

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A macro and micro look at skin cancer: (left) A leg with a squamous cell carcinoma lesion and (right) a colorized photomicrograph of the cancer at the cellular level. Mohs micrographic surgery, the subject of a new paper from Johns Hopkins Medicine, is one of the most effective techniques for treating this type of malignancy.

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Lesion photo courtesy of Kelly Nelson, National Cancer Institute, and photomicrograph courtesy of Markus Schrober and Elaine Fuchs, The Rockefeller University

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