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Histological, Immunohistological, and Clinical Features of Merkel Cell Carcinoma in Correlation to Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Status [PDF]
Journal of Skin Cancer, 2012 Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare, but highly malignant tumor of the skin with high rates of metastasis and poor survival. Its incidence rate rises and is currently about 0.6/100000/year.
T. Jaeger, J. Ring, C. Andres
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Bezmiâlem Science, 2023 Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare tumor that arises from mechanoreceptor Merkel cells. Ultraviolet exposure, immunosuppression and Merkel cell polyoma virus play a significant role in tumor pathogenesis. Although it typically presents as an initially
Selma SÖNMEZ ERGÜN +5 more
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Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Strains in Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 We investigated whether Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) patients in France carry Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) and then identified strain variations. All frozen MCC specimens and 45% of formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded specimens, but none of the non ...
Antoine Touzé +10 more
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Merkel Cell Polyomavirus and Merkel Cell Carcinoma [PDF]
, 2020 Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, highly aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer. More than 80% of MCC have Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) clonally integrated into the human genome (VP-MCC) while the remaining 20% are virus negative (VN-MCC) but ...
Rasheed, Kashif
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Promoter activity of Merkel cell Polyomavirus variants in human dermal fibroblasts and a Merkel cell carcinoma cell line. [PDF]
, 2020 Background - Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) is a human polyomavirus that establishes a life-long harmless infection in most individuals, with dermal fibroblasts believed to be the natural host cell. However, this virus is the major cause of Merkel cell
Moens, Ugo +5 more
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Treatment and Outcome of Merkel Cell Carcinoma in A Single Center
Zhongliu Fangzhi Yanjiu, 2023 Objective To investigate the clinical features, treatment, and outcome characteristics of patients with Merkel cell carcinoma. Methods The clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, diagnosis and treatment, and follow-up data of six patients with Merkel ...
REN Mengwei, XUE Xuemin, LIU Peng
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Merkel cell carcinoma appearing 9 years after kidney transplantati-on
Liječnički vjesnik, 2023 Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, highly aggressive skin cancer with neuroendocrine features. Immunosuppressants that are administered after transplantation can increase the risk of Merkel cell carcinoma.
Tomislav Brajković +3 more
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CCL17/TARC and CCR4 expression in Merkel cell carcinoma [PDF]
, 2018 Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, highly aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer. In more than 80% of the cases, Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) is a causal factor.
Grimstad, Øystein +5 more
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, 2021 Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare, highly aggressive primary cutaneous tumor, predominantly affecting older patients. The pathogenesis is associated with either Merkel cell polyomavirus infection or UV-mediated damage caused by chronic sun exposure: virus ...
Bossi P. +5 more
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Perforated gastric metastasis of Merkel cell carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature
Human Pathology: Case Reports, 2017 A 53 year-old Vietnamese male presented with a complaint of a left buttock mass which had grown to 8.0 cm during the past three years. A CT scan revealed the gluteal lesion and a large mass of the stomach.
Darshan Trivedi, MD, PhD +6 more
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