Merkel-cell carcinoma is a rare type of malignant skin cancer or disease that grows out of control. It most often starts in areas of skin that is being exposed to the sun, especially the head, neck, arms, and legs. This type of skin disease tends to grow quickly and metastasize at an early stage; this most often become more developed in older people. Metastatic Merkel-cell carcinoma is often deadly and there is no effective treatment. Findings made by a physician-researcher of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Ling Gao, M.D., Ph.D., about an existing drug that can exclude the patient’s stage four Merkel-cell carcinoma with a drug called idelalisib.
An 86-year old female patient who was diagnosed with metastatic Merkel-cell carcinoma
An 86-year old female patient who was diagnosed with metastatic Merkel-cell carcinoma