Only Merkel Cells in the Building

03/23/24 • 26 min

In this episode for SurgOnc Today, Jeffrey Farma, MD, from Fox Chase Cancer Center/Temple Health in Philadelphia, PA, interviews James Jakub, MD, from Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL and Luke Rothermel, MD, MPH, from University Hospitals-Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland, OH. We will review the current updates on the evaluation, workup and treatment of patients with Merkel cell carcinoma. This will include the surgical management, current trends on both neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy, recurrence and surveillance strategies.

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Show Notes:

PANDORA: https://academic.oup.com/bjs/article/108/8/888/6202974

ASPEN (interim analysis): https://academic.oup.com/bjs/article/109/12/1186/6672718?login=false

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