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ArticleMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Survival Outcomes in Lymph Node-Positive Merkel Cell Carcinoma (Stage III): A Comparison Between Known and Unknown Primary Tumors and Their Sun Exposure Sites.

Ronen Brenner, Hanna T Frumin Edri, Sabri El-Saied, Ilia Berezhnov, Anna Ievko, Keren Rouvinov, Sofiia Turaieva, Amichay Meirovitz, Tanzilya Tairov, Shlomit Fenig and 5 more

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Article in Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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15 authors.

Ronen BrennerOncology Institute, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon 58220, Israel.
Hanna T Frumin EdriOncology Institute, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon 58220, Israel.
Sabri El-SaiedMedical School for International Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Ilia BerezhnovOncology Institute, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon 58220, Israel.
Anna IevkoOncology Institute, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon 58220, Israel.
Keren RouvinovMedical School for International Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-8273-4723
Sofiia TuraievaFaculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo 69978, Israel.
Amichay MeirovitzMedical School for International Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Tanzilya TairovFaculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo 69978, Israel.
Shlomit FenigInstitute of Oncology, Kaplan Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91905, Israel.
Nashat Abu YasinMedical School for International Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Alexander YakobsonMedical School for International Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Eyal FenigInstitute of Oncology, Davidoff Center, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva 49414, Israel.
Abed AgbaryaOncology Department, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa 31047, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-3330-2959
Walid ShalataMedical School for International Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-7570-4550

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Indexed as

Carcinoma, Merkel CellLymph NodesNeoplasms, Unknown PrimarySkin NeoplasmsSunlightAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLymphatic MetastasisMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm Staginglong-term outcomeslymph node-positive Merkel cell carcinomaMerkel cell carcinomasunlight exposuresurvival analysisunknown primary Merkel cell carcinoma

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PMID42029617
PMCPMC13108198

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