Researchers found that pembrolizumab, an immune-activating cancer drug, lowered the risk of distant metastases in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma after surgery. Though recurrence rates overall ...

Incidence is increasing faster than melanoma, with typical presentation in the mid-70s and risk amplified by UV exposure, fair skin, immunosuppression, and MCPyV-associated oncogenesis. Accurate ...

A common pinworm medication may stop and reverse cancer growth in Merkel cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, according to research led by University of Arizona Cancer Center researchers ...

Merkel cell polyomavirus is one of seven viruses known to cause cancer in humans. Infection with this virus is asymptomatic, but, rarely, it can lead to the development of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), ...