Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Version 1.2024 Featured Updates to the NCCN Guidelines

Chrysalyne D. Schmults, Rachel Blitzblau, Sumaira Z. Aasi, Murad Alam, Arya Amini, Kristin Bibee, Diana Bolotin, Jeremy Bordeaux, Pei Ling Chen, Carlo M. Contreras, Dominick DiMaio, Jessica M. Donigan, Jeffrey M. Farma, Karthik Ghosh, Kelly Harms, Alan L. Ho, John Nicholas Lukens, Susan Manber, Lawrence Mark, Theresa MedinaKishwer S. Nehal, Paul Nghiem, Kelly Olino, Soo Park, Tejesh Patel, Igor Puzanov, Jason Rich, Aleksandar Sekulic, Ashok R. Shaha, Divya Srivastava, Valencia Thomas, Courtney Tomblinson, Puja Venkat, Yaohui Gloria Xu, Siegrid Yu, Mehran Yusuf, Beth McCullough, Sara Espinosa

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Abstract

The NCCN Guidelines for Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) provide recommendations for diagnostic workup, clinical stage, and treatment options for patients. The panel meets annually to discuss updates to the guidelines based on comments fromexpert review frompanelmembers, institutional review, as well as submissions from within NCCN and external organizations. TheseNCCNGuidelines Insights focus on the introduction of a new page for locally advanced disease in the setting of clinical node negative status, entitled "Clinical N0 Disease, Locally Advanced MCC."This new algorithmpage addresses locally advanced disease, and the panel clarifies the meaning behind the term "nonsurgical"by further defining locally advanced disease. In addition, the guideline includes the management of in-transit disease and updates to the systemic therapy options.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere240002
JournalJNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Volume22
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology

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