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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . 65.1% and 63.8% of Merkel cell carcinoma cases were attributed to ambient ultraviolet radiation exposure and ...

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) usually appears as a fast growing, firm, painless lump on areas of the skin that have had a lot of sun exposure. It’s important to recognize the signs and symptoms because ...

In a prospective study of patients with stages I-III Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), seropositivity for rising polyomavirus oncoprotein antibody titers conferred a 58% risk for recurrence at 12 months, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Merkel cell carcinoma is often diagnosed after metastasis to other organs. However, new findings show those with ...

Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) and ambient ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure account for most Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) cases in the United States. Researchers evaluated 38,020 MCC cases (38% ...

Megha Padi, PhD, is a member of the University of Arizona Cancer Center and an assistant professor at the U of A College of Science. Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare but fast-growing neuroendocrine ...

Recurrence-free survival was numerically higher with adjuvant pembrolizumab, but difference was not significant. HealthDay News — For patients with resected Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), adjuvant ...

The detection of metastases in Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) requires additional testing, such as pancytokeratin (panCK) or CK20, with no guarantee of success. Recent findings have identified ...

Comparative of PD-L1 expression on live single circulating tumor cells with PD-L1 in tumor tissue assessed by immunohistochemistry in advanced NSCLC patients. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ...