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On September 9, 2019 in Seattle, over 280 patients, family members, clinicians, scientists, pharmaceutical partners, and trainees from across the United States gathered for the 14th annual Merkel cell carcinoma Dinner Meeting. The evening began with a bit of social gathering, beautiful music (vio...

Living with Merkel Cell Carcinoma is a free workshop series organized by CancerCare and can be attended over the phone or online. Part I of the series, Treatment Perspectives on Merkel Cell Carcinoma, will take place on November 15, 2019, 1:30-2:30 pm ET and will feature a panel of experts includ...

On March 4th, 2019, Dr. Paul Nghiem received the Eugene J. Van Scott Award for Innovative Therapy and delivered the Philip Frost Leadership lecture in Washington, D.C. He discussed the need to prioritize treatment modalities that are less toxic and more effective for Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC). On...

On September 10, 2018 in Seattle, over 280 patients, family members, clinicians, scientists, and trainees from across the United States gathered for the 13th annual Merkel cell carcinoma Dinner Meeting. They enjoyed a lovely buffet dinner, music, lab tours and a presentation on the status of resea...

Overview On September 11, 2017 in Seattle, over 260 patients, family members, clinicians, scientists, and trainees from across the United States gathered for the 12th annual Merkel cell carcinoma Dinner Meeting. They enjoyed a lovely buffet dinner, music, lab tours and a presentation on the statu...

We are passing along information that may be of interest to some MCC patients and families… The Seattle MCC Support Group will host a special facilitated discussion on September 11 prior to the Nghiem Merkel Dinner Meeting. This discussion session is entitled: "GRIEF AND GRATTITUDE" SEPTE...

On December 12, 2016, the opening celebration of the Bezos family Immunotherapy Clinic will be launched at FHCRC. Merkel cell carcinoma work to be featured as Dr. Nghiem presents as one of the inaugural speakers at the immunotherapy symposium.

On November 3rd, 2016, Dr Nghiem gave a talk in the UW Medicine Grand Rounds Lecture Series. This talk was targeted to physicians and scientists focusing on improved management of MCC:

Dr Nghiem presents on recent progress in understanding and improving the immune response against MCC at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s IIRC (Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center) Seminar Series. (Of note, slides become visible after the first five minutes or so of the presentatio...

On September 12, 2016 in Seattle, over 260 patients, family members, clinicians, scientists, and trainees from across the United States gathered for the 11th annual Merkel cell carcinoma Dinner Meeting. They enjoyed a lovely buffet dinner, music, lab tours and a presentation on the status of researc...