Merkel Cell Carcinoma

• DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2009.0024
• Publication Date: 2017-04-14T11:55:46Z
• Authors: Stanley J. Miller; Murad Alam; James Andersen; Daniel Berg; Christopher K. Bi...; Glen Bowen; Richard T. Cheney; L. Frank Glass; Roy C. Grekin; Dennis E. Hallahan; Anne Kessinger; Nancy Y. Lee; Nanette Liegeois; Daniel D. Lydiatt; Jeff Michalski; William H. Morrison; Kishwer S. Nehal; Kelly C. Nelson; Paul Nghiem; Thomas Olencki; Allan R. Oseroff; Clifford S. Perlis; E. William Rosenberg; Ashok R. Shaha; Marshall M. Urist; Linda C. Wang
• Keywords: Carcinoma, Merkel Cell; 03 medical and health sciences; Skin Neoplasms; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans; 3. Good health

][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Several large reviews document the development of local recurrence in 25% to 30% all cases MCC, regional disease 52% 59%, and distant metastatic 34% 36%. 1,16,17CC has a mortality rate that exceeds melanoma; 18 overall 5-year survival rates range from 64%. 3,19A history extensive sun exposure is