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Our lab studies Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling in normal hair follicle development and in the pathogenesis of the most common human tumor, basal cell carcinoma (BCCs) of the skin.  We are interested in how the local stromal environment regulates hedgehog signaling and hair follicle or tumor growth and invasion.","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4693&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Anthony_Oro","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"},{"focus":"Skin Cancer "},{"focus":"Hair disorders"}],"firstName":"Anthony","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology","displayName":"Anthony Oro  MD/PhD","lastName":"Oro"},{"researchInterest":"The Chang group is focused on two fundamental questions in epithelial biology: (1) the basis of positional identities in epidermal structures throughout the body, and (2) how those signals and boundaries may be abrogated to allow cancer metastasis. 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Histochemical Analysis of Facial Muscles. \r\n2. Cranial Sutural Manipulation. \r\n3. Stability of Mandibular and Maxillary Surgery. \r\n4. Growth Factors in Infant Cranial Sutures. \r\n5. Virtual Surgery. \r\n6. 3-D Biocomputation4. Osteodistraction","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4108&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stephen_Schendel","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"},{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery"},{"focus":"Plastic Surgery, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery"},{"focus":"Maxillofacial Surgery"},{"focus":"Vascular Malformation Surgery"}],"firstName":"Stephen","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Surgery - Plastic/Recon Surgery","displayName":"Stephen Schendel","lastName":"Schendel"}]}