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CELL. A small room in a prison. See Dungeon.

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Laude et al., "High levels of antibodies against Merkel cell polyomavirus identify a subset of patients with Merkel cell carcinoma with better clinical outcome," Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol.

Gene expression differences predict treatment outcome of Merkel cell carcinoma patients

Effect of radiation therapy on survival in patients with resected Merkel cell carcinoma: a propensity score surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database analysis.

Merkel cell carcinoma of the upper extremity

Merkel cell carcinoma metastatic to the head of the pancreas.

Unusual Presentation of a Cutaneous Malignancy: Giant Merkel Cell Carcinoma with Intra-abdominal Metastasis

Merkel cell carcinoma during treatment with TNF-alpha inhibitors: coincidence or warning?.

Epithelioid myxofibrosarcoma developing at the injection site of Adalimumab therapy for psoriatic synovitis

A virus called Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV) is suspected to contribute to the development of the majority of MCC.

Concurrent Hairy Cell Leukemia and Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Ordinarily, contact with the skin surface activates Ruffini corpuscle endings and Merkel cell-neurite complexes, with the Merkel cells producing long-lasting nerve impulses.

A Proposed Molecular Mechanism for Physical Analgesia in Chronic Pain

Epidemiology of primary Merkel cell carcinoma in the United States [published correction appears in I Am Acad Dermatol.

Histologic Mimics of Basal Cell Carcinoma

Characterized as a rare and aggressive neuroendocrine cutaneous cancer, Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) most commonly occurs in the head and neck region of elderly and immunocompromised patients.

Parotid gland metastasis in Merkel cell carcinoma of the head and neck: a series of 14 cases

Bladder cancer and seroreactivity to BK, JC and Merkel cell polyomaviruses: The Spanish bladder cancer study.

What's new in bladder cancer research?

For Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare type of skin cancer, current smokers had a worse survival rate than those who had never smoked, though the difference was not statistically significant.

Smoking bad for skin cancer survival

Differential diagnosis in this case includes the possibility of the lung mass being a metastases from a primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin (Merkel cell carcinoma, primary small cell carcinoma of the skin)--an uncommon but aggressive skin tumor with a propensity to metastasize to the lung.

A rare case of small cell lung cancer with skin metastases

These include WU (WUPyV), KI (KIPyV), Merkel cell (MCPyV), and Malawi (MWPyV) PyVs, all of which have been detected in respiratory secretions, particularly from children (3).