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- noun cytology Any of a range of
tissue types that arise during the growth of atumour
Etymologies
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From histo- + type
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A more extensive analysis of a larger subset of samples of each melanoma histotype is required to answer this question.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mitchell S. Stark et al. 2010
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Moreover, candidate novel miRNAs which appear unique to a particular library may also be useful as histotype-specific markers, especially for identification of metastatic tumors of unknown origin.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mitchell S. Stark et al. 2010
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