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Table 1 Number (percentage) of melanocytic lesions expressing FABP7 in different cellular compartments

From: The fatty acid binding protein 7 (FABP7) is involved in proliferation and invasion of melanoma cells

Tumor Type

No. of tumors

Total no. of positive

Cytoplasm

Nucleus

Cytoplasm/nucleus

Benign nevi

11

10 (91)

2 (18)

0 (0)

8 (73)

Primary melanomas

149

106 (71)

36 (24)

0 (0)

70 (47)

SSM

93

61 (66)

19 (21)

0 (0)

42 (45)

NM

56

45 (80)

17 (30)

0 (0)

28 (50)

Metastases

68

48 (70)

20 (29)

1 (2)

27 (39)