329 Impact of ultraviolet exposure on merkel cell carcinoma long-term survival

Annabelle Y. Guo, PhD1, Indra Neil Sarkar, PhD1,3, Elizabeth S. Chen, PhD1,3,Joanna Walker, MD2, Paul Stey, PhD3, Wen Qing Li, PhD2, Eunyoung Cho, ScD2, Abrar A. Qureshi, MD21The Warren Alpert Medical School; 2Department of Dermatology; 3Center for Biomedical Informatics, Brown University, Providence, RI. Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive malignant skin cancer with a high mortality rate. The effect of ultraviolet (UV) exposure on MCC patients long-term survival is not fully understood.

Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology - April 19, 2018 Category: Dermatology Authors: A. Guo, I.N. Sarkar, E. Chen, J. Walker, P. Stey, W. Li, E. Cho, A.A. Qureshi Tags: Clinical Research: Epidemiology of Skin Diseases Source Type: research