| Literature DB >> 28340681 |
Mary Eid1, Jannett Nguyen2, Isaac Brownell3.
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Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare skin cancer associated with Merkel cell polyomavirus in most cases. Prior studies associating Merkel cell carcinoma viral status with prognosis have inconsistent findings. Moshiri et al. used multimodal virus detection to determine that the 81% of patients with virus-positive Merkel cell carcinoma tumors had earlier stage disease and better outcomes relative to virus-negative cases.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28340681 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.12.024
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Invest Dermatol ISSN: 0022-202X Impact factor: 8.551