Skin Carcinoma, Merkel Cell

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Merkel cell carcinoma is a type of cancer found on or just below the skin epidermis as shown here or in hair follicles LM X360

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A new strategy to hunt for human viruses described in this week s issue of the journal Science by the husband and wife team who found the cause of Kaposi s sarcoma has revealed a previously

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contrast enhanced CT image of the chest at the level of the pulmonary vein There is a large pericardial effusion There are moderately large bilateral pleural effusions

of the mass cannot be clearly gleamed from these images There is compression of the right ventricle double headed arrow by the mass and large pericardial effusion The patient was urgently brought to the operating room where a pericardial window was placed During this procedure a pericardial mass was visualized and

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came together with the goal of making a difference in MCC The MMIG hopes to pool resources expertise and data to improve the diagnosis management and therapy for this disease First meeting of the Merkel cell carcinoma Multicenter Interest Group San Francisco March 2006

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for $30 299 in memory of her husband She is donating 50 of the proceeds to our Merkel cell carcinoma Research Program We thank Dana for this extraodinarily generous donation

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Hospital Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital When she returns to Berlin she will continue her research on skin cancer while completing her training Dr Martina Gellenthin

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Dr Bi brings a high level of experience in cancer biology and cell cycle biology with her from her postdoctoral fellowship with Dr Cyrus Vaziri at Boston Medical Center Drs Xiaohui Bi and Natalia Jaimes

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George Campbell from the MCC Google Group creates posters based on the AEIOU Features to raise awareness about MCC Click here to see more

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and preparing DNA samples from MCC tumor specimens for genetic analysis using comparative genomic hybridization In Madrid he is a dermatologist who runs a basic science lab Dr Pablo Penas

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Academy of Dermatology There was a very interesting and lively discussion and a brief summary of the presentations and discussion can be downloaded by clicking here Drs Dan Coit Klaus Busam and Siegrid Yu

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Resident who will focus on the MCC patient database Dr Bianca Lemos is a Research Fellow who will assist with both the database and continuation of the genetic analysis of MCC Drs Lemos and Heath