Topic

Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Fillmore and colleagues investigated clinical outcomes and survival disparities among veterans diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma. This research identifies significant differences in disease-specific survival based on the treatment modalities employed. Such findings highlight the importance of standardized therapeutic approaches in improving prognosis for patients with this aggressive neuroendocrine carcinoma.

U.S. Veterans and VA Data 1 VA Cancer Registry 1 SEER Database 1 Disease Specific Survival 1 Overall Survival 1 Retrospective Cohort Study 1 Comparative Analysis 1 Cox Proportional Hazards Model 1 Fine-Gray Models 1 Logistic Regression 1 Patient Outcomes 1

Publications (1)

2025

Treatment and disease-specific survival differences among veterans with Merkel cell carcinoma.

Daniel Y. Kim, Linden Huhmann, Daniel S. Hippe, Lee Wheless, Michelle Pavlis, Jonathan C. Hwang, Mary T. Brophy, Nhan V. Do, Paul Nghiem, Nathanael Fillmore^‡, Rebecca I. Hartman^‡^‡ Equal senior authorship

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology93(4), 1103-1106

U.S. Veterans and VA Data VA Cancer Registry SEER Database Merkel Cell Carcinoma Disease Specific Survival