{"id":13520,"date":"2016-09-20T19:36:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T19:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.28.10.128\/~pslcenter\/?page_id=13520"},"modified":"2026-03-12T01:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:24:26","slug":"merkel-cell-carcinoma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/palmettoskinandlasercenter.com\/staging\/merkel-cell-carcinoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkel Cell Carcinoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Merkel Cell Carcinoma<\/h1>\n

What is Merkel Cell Carcinoma?<\/h2>\n

Painless flesh-colored or bluish-red nodules that appear on the head, face or neck may be indicative of Merkel cell carcinoma<\/strong> (MCC). MCC is a very rare type of skin cancer that impacts approximately 24 out of every 10,000,000 people in the United States. Unfortunately, it is a disproportionately dangerous type of skin cancer, being responsible for the deaths of approximately one in every three patients, as opposed to about one in six fatalities in melanoma patients.<\/p>\n

MCC generally develops in patients over the age of 50 or in those with weakened immune systems and on areas of the body that have been exposed to the sun.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Skin Cancer<\/h4><\/div>