Masonic Cancer Center

Quantitative Digital Image Analysis Detects Differences in Nuclear Features Between CK20-Negative and CK20-Positive Merkel Cell Carcinomas

Abstract: Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, aggressive neuroendocrine cutaneous malignancy that can arise through 2 oncogenic pathways: a Merkel cell polyomavirus–positive pathway and a virus-negative pathway driven by ultraviolet exposure. Cytokeratin 20 (CK20), expressed i...