A Discrete Transition Zone Between Cuticle and Cortex Layers of a Human Hair Fiber: Changes Observed in the Presence of Breast Cancer

    October 2017 in “ ecancermedicalscience ”
    Donald J. Lyman, Paula Gerstmann
    Studysummary This study observed that the molecular structure of keratins in hair fibres' discrete transition zone differs in breast cancer patients, with altered lipid ester absorption bands reverting post-cancer removal.
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