One in a hundred million: Merkel cell carcinoma in pediatric and young adult patients is rare but more likely to present at advanced stages based on US registry data

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Jun;80(6):1758-1760. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.08.021. Epub 2018 Aug 27.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Age of Onset
  • Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / epidemiology*
  • Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / therapy
  • Europe / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / pathology
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Prognosis
  • Rare Diseases
  • Registries
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • SEER Program
  • Sex Factors
  • Skin Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / therapy
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult