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Cutaneous carcinosarcoma and the EMT: to transition, or not to transition? That is the question

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Paniz-Mondolfi, A., Singh, R., Jour, G. et al. Cutaneous carcinosarcoma and the EMT: to transition, or not to transition? That is the question. Virchows Arch 466, 359–360 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-015-1718-7

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