In a study, melanoma patients who developed vitiligo, lived longer than those who did not. The explanation for this is melanin synthesis in vitiligo patients was suppressed due to medications for melanoma patients with vitiligo already had an autoimmune disease before getting melanoma vitiligo was an indicator of a robust immune response to melanoma presence of vitiligo was an observation unrelated to melanoma   Cells undergoing EMT are most frequently observed In normal tissue surrounding a tumor. In the center of a tumor. Near the edge of a tumor. Only in circulating tumor cells.

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In a study, melanoma patients who developed vitiligo, lived longer than those who did not. The explanation for this is

  1. melanin synthesis in vitiligo patients was suppressed due to medications for melanoma
  2. patients with vitiligo already had an autoimmune disease before getting melanoma
  3. vitiligo was an indicator of a robust immune response to melanoma
  4. presence of vitiligo was an observation unrelated to melanoma

 

Cells undergoing EMT are most frequently observed

  1. In normal tissue surrounding a tumor.
  2. In the center of a tumor.
  3. Near the edge of a tumor.
  4. Only in circulating tumor cells.
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