Peter T. Silberstein

Demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic predictors of treatment utilization and survival in Merkel cell carcinoma: an analysis of the national cancer database

Abstract Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer with a mortality rate exceeding that of melanoma. While previous studies have examined frequencies, the influence of demographic factors on treatment likelihood and survival is limited. The Nati...