Negative surgical margins regardless of surgery type was associated with increased overall survival in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma.

Depending on the cancer stage at diagnosis, treatment for Merkel cell carcinoma will vary. Given the propensity for this cancer to spread early, most patients will undergo a procedure to remove ...

“Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare and aggressive skin cancer which is often and sadly diagnosed late, when it has more metastatic features,” says Dr. Marianna Blyumin Karasik, MD ...

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Favorable initial results from a phase 1/2 trial of solnerstotug in PD-L1–resistant tumors showed a 14% response rate and 62% ...

DeepMerkel has been shown to outperform traditional staging systems, offering a significant improvement in MCC prognostication. Merkel cell carcinoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer ...

and 4 cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, Stage 4 melanoma, and Stage 4 Merkel cell carcinoma. Importantly, no dose-limiting toxicities or clinically relevant adverse events have been reported ...