As the world continues to mourn the loss of music legend and Gulf Coast native Jimmy Buffett -- there’s been a lot of attention on Merkel cell carcinoma -- a rare and aggressive type of skin that claimed his life.
“It is very aggressive -- when I council patients and see them to treat their Merkel cell -- I will let them know that Merkel cell is as aggressive if not more aggressive than melanoma. This is a cancer that can grow very quickly. It can spread to lymph nodes -- and to other organs,” explained Dr. Harrison Howard, Professor of Surgery USA Mitchell Cancer Institute.
“Typically they are kind of red -- pearly -- and one of the hallmarks of Merkel cell is they grow very quickly. So these things will pop and get to the size of a marble or maybe even a grape sometimes within weeks or like a month or two -- whereas most of the time other skin cancers are a little slower in their growth,” said Dr. Howard.
“A lot of times radiation is employed to decrease the chance of it coming back and then other medicines such as immunotherapy have become very successful in treating this type of cancer,” said Dr. Howard.
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