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The MMIG (Merkel cell carcinoma Multicenter Interest Group) had its annual meeting in San Diego, CA, at the American Academy of Dermatology.

KIRO 7 interviews Dr. Paul Nghiem of University of Washington's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center about their Phase II clinical trials studying Merkel cell carcinoma.

The Zent family has made a generous gift to MCC research in memory of their father/husband, Larry Zent.

Congratulations to Dr. Shailender Bhatia and the whole team for bringing the process through years of dreaming, planning, organizing to actually treating our first patient with interleukin-12 plasmid DNA electroporation for MCC. The hope is that this local IL-12 will induce an immune response ag...

Dr. Nghiem was appointed to the newly established Michael Piepkorn Endowed Chair in Dermatology Research, effective October 1, 2011. This endowment was established to support dermatologic research at the UW by Michael Piepkorn, MD, PhD, a Clinical Profesor in the Dermatology Division and a graduate ...

The Nghiem lab has been awarded an R01 grant from the NCI to study humoral and cellular immunity in polyomavirus-linked Merkel cell carcinoma.

Paul Nghiem discussed sun exposure, skin cancer, and other skin-related issues on KUOW's "The Conversation" with Ross Reynolds.

Paul Nghiem discussed Americans' higher incidence of skin cancer on their left sides because of where we drive in our cars with Chris Sullivan from KIRO.

Dr. Nghiem gives a talk on the good and bad of UV radiation at the 35th Hawaii Dermatology Seminar put on by the Skin Disease Education Foundation.

The MMIG (Merkel cell carcinoma Multicenter Interest Group) had its annual meeting in New Orleans, LA, at the American Academy of Dermatology.