"Carcinoma, Merkel Cell" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A carcinoma arising from MERKEL CELLS located in the basal layer of the epidermis and occurring most commonly as a primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. Merkel cells are tactile cells of neuroectodermal origin and histologically show neurosecretory granules. The skin of the head and neck are a common site of Merkel cell carcinoma, occurring generally in elderly patients. (Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1245)
| Descriptor ID |
D015266
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.721.150 C02.928.216 C04.557.465.625.650.240.325 C04.557.470.200.025.370.325 C04.557.580.625.650.240.325
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| Concept/Terms |
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell- Carcinoma, Merkel Cell
- Merkle Tumors
- Tumors, Merkle
- Merkel Cell Tumor
- Tumor, Merkel Cell
- Merkel Cell Cancer
- Cancer, Merkel Cell
- Cell Cancer, Merkel
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Carcinoma, Merkel Cell".
- Diseases [C]
- Virus Diseases [C02]
- DNA Virus Infections [C02.256]
- Polyomavirus Infections [C02.256.721]
- Carcinoma, Merkel Cell [C02.256.721.150]
- Tumor Virus Infections [C02.928]
- Carcinoma, Merkel Cell [C02.928.216]
- Neoplasms [C04]
- Neoplasms by Histologic Type [C04.557]
- Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal [C04.557.465]
- Neuroectodermal Tumors [C04.557.465.625]
- Neuroendocrine Tumors [C04.557.465.625.650]
- Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine [C04.557.465.625.650.240]
- Carcinoma, Merkel Cell [C04.557.465.625.650.240.325]
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial [C04.557.470]
- Carcinoma [C04.557.470.200]
- Adenocarcinoma [C04.557.470.200.025]
- Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine [C04.557.470.200.025.370]
- Carcinoma, Merkel Cell [C04.557.470.200.025.370.325]
- Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue [C04.557.580]
- Neuroectodermal Tumors [C04.557.580.625]
- Neuroendocrine Tumors [C04.557.580.625.650]
- Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine [C04.557.580.625.650.240]
- Carcinoma, Merkel Cell [C04.557.580.625.650.240.325]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Carcinoma, Merkel Cell".
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| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carcinoma, Merkel Cell" by people in Profiles.
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The Effect of Time to Postoperative Radiation Therapy on Survival in Resected Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Am J Clin Oncol. 2019 08; 42(8):636-642.
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A Comparison of the Histopathologic Growth Patterns Between Non-Merkel Cell Small Round Blue Cell Tumors and Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Am J Dermatopathol. 2018 Nov; 40(11):815-818.
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Sentinel lymph node status in Merkel cell carcinoma of the head and neck: not a predictor of survival. Head Neck. 2014 Apr; 36(4):571-9.
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Merkel cell carcinoma: identification of prognostic factors unique to tumors located in the head and neck based on analysis of SEER data. Laryngoscope. 2012 Jun; 122(6):1283-90.
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Tumor location is an independent prognostic factor in head and neck Merkel cell carcinoma. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Mar; 146(3):403-8.
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Merkel cell carcinoma: does tumor size or depth of invasion correlate with recurrence, metastasis, or patient survival? Laryngoscope. 2006 May; 116(5):791-5.
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Cardiac tamponade: still being newly described. South Med J. 2006 Jan; 99(1):4.
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Merkel cell carcinoma in situ. J Cutan Pathol. 2005 Feb; 32(2):162-5.
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Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma diagnosed on a Pap smear. Acta Cytol. 2004 Jul-Aug; 48(4):586-8.
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Incidence of nonlocalization of sentinel lymph nodes using preoperative lymphoscintigraphy in 74 consecutive head and neck melanoma and Merkel cell carcinoma patients. Ann Plast Surg. 2004 Jun; 52(6):546-9; discussion 550.