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American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting Denver, CO Prepared by Drs. Paul Nghiem & Astrid Blom Announcements: If anyone is interested in presenting at next year’s MMIG meeting in San Francisco please send Paul an email (pnghiem@uw.edu) with a proposed topic that is relevant t...

Merkel cell carcinoma is an aggressive skin cancer that is typically driven by a common polyomavirus. The requirement of viral proteins to drive the growth of cancer cells has provided important clues as to how this cancer can be tracked and treated. Antibodies to the polyomavirus 'oncoprotein' incr...

After five years of collaborative efforts by several dozen people at multiple institutions in research supported by the NIH and many generous patients/donors, the first blood test to identify early recurrences of Merkel cell carcinoma has gone live in January 2014. This test will be available to pat...

Dr. Shailender Bhatia will serve as the Principal Investigator for a new clinical trial of an immune stimulating agent, GLA-SE, for Merkel cell carcinoma patients who have recurrent or metastatic lesions that are injectable (in skin or possibly lymph nodes that are palpable).

The Yolles family has created the Monica Yolles Fund designed to develop single fraction radiation therapy for recurrent or metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma.

Dr. Nghiem was honored to deliver the 38th M H Samitz Lectureship at University of Pennsylvania on November 7, 2013.

This year saw more than 140 guests attend our annual dinner and enjoy camaraderie, fine food, lab tours, and hear more about the recent progress in our research since we were last gathered together.

Merkel Cell Carcinoma: New Insights & Emerging Therapeutics Summaries courtesy of Victor Huang, MD Edited by Paul Nghiem, Jayasri Iyer & the Speakers; revised Aug 7, 2013 Speakers/Topics: Merkel polyomavirus in MCC: Mechanisms of transformation and progress toward a new gold stan...

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

Over 100 people joined together on November 5th to enjoy dinner, tours of the research lab, and an overview of recent progress in Merkel cell carcinoma.