Clinicopathological features, MCPyV status and outcomes of Merkel cell carcinoma in solid-organ transplant recipients: a retrospective, multicentre cohort study.
Carla Ferrándiz-PulidoÁlvaro Gómez-TomásB LlombartD MendozaJoaquim MarcovalStefano PiasericoCan BaykalJ N Bouwes-BavinckEmoke RáczJean KanitakisCatherine A HarwoodPetra CetkovskaAlexandra GeusauV Del MarmolEmili MasferrerCarmen Orte CanoJan RicarW R de OliveiraRafael Salido-VallejoE DucrouxM A GkiniJ A López-GuerreroH KutznerW KempfD SeçkinPublished in: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (2022)
MCPyV appears to play a less prominent role in the aetiopathogenesis of MCC in SOTR. SOTR have a worse prognosis than their immunocompetent counterparts and switching to an mTORi after the diagnosis of MCC does not improve progression.