Research methods to change clinical practice for patients with rare cancers

L Billingham, K Malottki, N Steven - The Lancet Oncology, 2016 - thelancet.com
Rare cancers are a growing group as a result of reclassification of common cancers by
molecular markers. There is therefore an increasing need to identify methods to assess …

Analysis of prognostic factors from 9387 Merkel cell carcinoma cases forms the basis for the new 8th edition AJCC staging system

KL Harms, MA Healy, P Nghiem, AJ Sober… - Annals of surgical …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background The first consensus Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) staging system was
published in 2010. New information on the clinical course prompts review of MCC staging …

Dramatic increase in the incidence and mortality from Merkel cell carcinoma in the United States

TL Fitzgerald, S Dennis, SD Kachare… - The American …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Merkel cell carcinoma is a cutaneous neuroendocrine neoplasm that has been poorly
studied in contemporary cohorts. Patients with Merkel cell carcinoma from 1986 to 2011 …

Recurrence and mortality risk of Merkel cell carcinoma by cancer stage and time from diagnosis

AM McEvoy, K Lachance, DS Hippe, K Cahill… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) often behaves aggressively; however, disease-
recurrence data are not captured in national databases, and it is unclear what proportion of …

Viral oncoprotein antibodies as a marker for recurrence of Merkel cell carcinoma: a prospective validation study

KG Paulson, CW Lewis, MW Redman, WT Simonson… - Cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive skin cancer with a
recurrence rate of> 40%. Of the 2000 MCC cases per year in the United States, most are …

Virus-positive Merkel cell carcinoma is an independent prognostic group with distinct predictive biomarkers

KL Harms, L Zhao, B Johnson, X Wang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive cutaneous neuroendocrine
carcinoma that can be divided into two classes: virus-positive (VP) MCC, associated with …

Evidence-based medicine: cutaneous facial malignancies: nonmelanoma skin cancer

KL Connolly, KS Nehal, JJ Disa - Plastic and reconstructive …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Skin malignancies are the most prevalent cancers, and plastic surgeons are often the
primary physicians engaged in diagnosis and management of these lesions. Proper …

Merkel cell carcinoma: a population analysis on survival

V Sridharan, V Muralidhar, DN Margalit… - Journal of the National …, 2016 - jnccn.org
Purpose: Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive cutaneous malignancy. However,
factors associated with disease presentation and outcomes remain uncertain, especially in …

Sentinel lymph node biopsy in Merkel cell carcinoma: The Mayo Clinic experience of 150 patients

JR Sims, TE Grotz, BA Pockaj, RW Joseph, RL Foote… - Surgical Oncology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare cutaneous malignancy of
neuroendocrine origin with a high propensity for lymph node metastasis. Sentinel lymph …

[HTML][HTML] Merkel cell carcinoma: value of sentinel lymph-node status and adjuvant radiation therapy

A Servy, E Maubec, PE Sugier, F Grange, S Mansard… - Annals of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Sentinel lymph-node (LN) biopsy (SLNB) is a valuable tool to assess the
regional LN status in Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). However, its prognostic value is still …