It's the cancer-fighting immune cells in a Merkel cell carcinoma patient's blood — not their tumor — that best predicts whether a certain type of immunotherapy will work, according to new work from ...

We unite the leading researchers and cancer specialists of Fred Hutch and UW Medicine so you can take part in Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) research through clinical trials not available everywhere.

Patients undergoing resection of Merkel cell carcinoma have improved distant metastasis-free survival with adjuvant pembrolizumab — but any benefits for overall survival remain to be seen.

Merkel cell carcinoma made headlines with the death of Jimmy Buffett. It’s rare and dangerous, and cases are becoming more common. Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare form of skin cancer, but its ...

Transduction is the changing of one form of energy into another, such as a spoken voice changed into radio waves by a cellphone. Ten years ago, three research teams published a breakthrough—the first ...

Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare but highly aggressive form of skin cancer known for its rapid growth and tendency to metastasize. Despite the promise of immune checkpoint blockade therapy, which can ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The 5-year survival rate of patients with Merkel cell carcinoma was higher in Medicaid expansion vs.

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, ...

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 ...

A common pinworm medication may stop and reverse cancer growth in Merkel cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, according to research led by University of Arizona Cancer Center researchers ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently heard about a type of skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma. I'm not familiar with this condition. Can you explain what it is? Do I need to do anything different to ...