Incidence, mortality and survival of Merkel cell carcinoma: a systematic review of population-based studies

ST Mohsen, EL Price, AW Chan… - British Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, aggressive skin cancer that most
commonly occurs in ultraviolet-exposed body sites. The epidemiology of MCC in different …

Merkel cell carcinoma: Integrating epidemiology, immunology, and therapeutic updates

JC Becker, A Stang, D Schrama, S Ugurel - American Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Springer
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare skin cancer characterized by neuroendocrine
differentiation. Its carcinogenesis is based either on the integration of the Merkel cell …

A hybrid machine learning approach for the personalized prognostication of aggressive skin cancers

TW Andrew, M Alrawi, R Plummer, N Reynolds… - npj Digital …, 2025 - nature.com
Accurate prognostication guides optimal clinical management in skin cancer. Merkel cell
carcinoma (MCC) is the most aggressive form of skin cancer that often presents in advanced …

A systematic review of Merkel cell carcinoma epidemiology highlights its rising incidence, poor prognosis and data heterogeneity

K Mistry, ZC Venables - British Journal of Dermatology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, aggressive skin cancer with neuroendocrine
differentiation; it has been reported to have the worst survival outcomes of all skin cancer …

Merkel cell carcinoma: a review of clinical management with focus on Asian patients

E Nakano, D Ogata, K Namikawa… - Japanese Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Merkel cell carcinoma is a highly aggressive skin cancer characterized by neuroendocrine
differentiation. This review aimed to present updates on the knowledge and current trends of …

Incidence and Relative Survival of Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 2008–2021

A Stang, L Möller, I Wellmann, K Claaßen, H Kajüter… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Due to the rarity of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), only a few studies on
both incidence and survival have been conducted. We provide up-to-date population-based …

Merkel cell carcinoma overlapping Bowen's disease: two cases report and literature review

X Chen, X Song, H Huang, L Zhang, Z Song… - Journal of Cancer …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare neuroendocrine tumor of the skin, which
mainly occurs in the sun exposed sites of white patients over 65 years, with a higher …

A multivariable disease-specific model enhances prognostication beyond current Merkel cell carcinoma staging: An international cohort study of 10,958 patients

TW Andrew, S Erdmann, M Alrawi, R Plummer… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a highly aggressive cutaneous malignancy for
which accurate prognostication is necessary to support clinical management. Objective (1) …

The Past, Present, Future: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Human Skin Diseases

N Ebrahimnejad, D Jaafar, H Goodarzi - Physiologia, 2024 - mdpi.com
When thinking of skin disease, cancer comes up almost immediately as an example. While
the American Cancer Society lists 6 major cancer types, the National Institute of Arthritis and …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence and outcomes of Merkel cell carcinoma related to Merkel cell polyomavirus status in Iceland in 1981-2023

M Vygovska, D Hoyt, AM Snyder, T Jonmundsson… - JAAD international, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Impact of Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) associated Merkel cell carcinoma
(MCC) has not been assessed in the Icelandic population, nor in a whole population …