Merkel cell carcinoma: Epidemiology, disease presentation, and current clinical practice outcomesCapsule Summary

• Main Authors: Marita Yaghi, MD (Author), Paul Benedetto, MD (Author), John Greskovich, MD (Author), Roger Haber, MD (Author), Barbara Dominguez, MBA (Author), Hong Liang, PhD (Author), Zeina Nahleh, MD (Author), Rafael Arteta-Bulos, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Using the National Cancer Database, we introduce the findings of a retrospective investigation of the largest cohort of cases with Merkel cell carcinoma (N = 20,829). A decreasing proportion of stage I (P = .0004) and stage II (P = .0065) Merkel cell carcinoma among skin cancers was complemented by...