News & Publications

In this study of 40 patients from Australia with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma, the authors found that about one third of patients had their MCC return within the first year of stopping immunotherapy. They also noted that if therapy extended longer, there appeared to be more protection from recur...

This article from the Boston Globe tells the story of HIV activist and MCC patient, Stewart Landers, and his efforts to raise awareness of MCC. He has been an advocate for improved accessibility to treatment for HIV patients who are often excluded from potentially life-saving clinical trials.

The 7th Nordic Merkel Cell Carcinoma Meeting will take place in Stockholm, Sweden on September 14-15, 2023. The preliminary program includes 4 different themes: Merkel cell polyomavirus and oncogenesis, Merkel cell carcinoma biology, Biomarkers, and Immunotherapy & clinical trials.

We will be having our annual 2023 Multi-center Merkel Interest Group meeting on Friday, March 17th in New Orleans and over Zoom. The MCC Multi-center Merkel Interest Group is an international collection of clinicians, scientists, and trainees across various medical institutions who are dedicated to ...

This study from Australia provides useful insight on the outcomes of more than 500 Merkel cell carcinoma patients in a place that relies heavily on radiation therapy. The risk of recurrence is very similar to what we see in the US and thus provides more confidence in current US-based data. This stud...

At the time of diagnosis, MCC is known to have spread from the primary site to other locations in over one third of cases. The best way to detect such spread is still debated, but major guidelines now suggest that a PET-CT scan is one preferred method. In this study, the authors analyzed 135 MCC pat...

Dear friends of Merkel cell carcinoma research, As we enter this season of gratitude and reflection, I would like to thank you for your partnership. I am pleased to share our annual holiday letter, which describes some of the progress that you have made possible this year. If you would like to conti...

This case study looks at 9 patients who developed cardiac metastases, a tricky situation on which very little data is currently available. We hope that by describing 9 cases, this will provide an easily accessible road map for clinicians around the world when this difficult situation arises. In man...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University found evidence that exercise can induce metabolic changes that decrease the growth and spread of cancer. They hypothesize that intense exercise leads to muscles using up glucose stores leaving behind very little energy sources for cancer cells to use. Regardless, t...

This observational study of melanoma patients found that high fiber intake was correlated with a better response to immunotherapy treatment. This benefit was most pronounced in patients who had high fiber intake and did not use probiotic supplements. While future studies will provide additional insi...