On 4/1/2008 jusykitty wrote:
anyone out there have merkle cell cancer? it is a cancer in the lowest layer of skin where the hair folical lives. those cells are merkle cells, anyone?
I have not personally had merkel cell carcinoma, but I assisted in the surgery to remove one. It has a reputation for being very aggressive and in this gentleman's case it certainly was. He is alive and very well, but it was quite a job to remove the tumor. I work for a very busy dermatologist in Florida and I have only seen one in the two years that I've worked there. It is a fairly rare cancer. Do you have a merkel cell carcinoma?