Carcinome à cellules de Merkel - Première implication connue d’un polyomavirus dans la genèse d’un cancer humain

Jean Kanitakis

doi:doi:10.1051/medsci/20082467570

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Numéro		Med Sci (Paris) Volume 24, Numéro 6-7, Juin-Juillet 2008


Page(s)		570 - 571
Section		Nouvelles
DOI		http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/medsci/20082467570
Publié en ligne		15 June 2008

Heath M, Jaimes N, Lemos B, et al. Clinical characteristics of Merkel cell carcinoma at diagnosis in 195 patients: the AEIOU features. J Am Acad Dermatol 2008; 58 : 375–81.
Agelli M, Clegg LX. Epidemiology of Merkel cell carcinoma in the United States. J Am Acad Dermatol 2003; 49 : 832–41.
Hodgson N. Merkel cell carcinoma: changing incidence trends. J Surg Oncol 2005; 89 : 1–4.
Popp S, Waltering S, Herbst C, et al. UV–B-type mutations and chromosomal imbalances indicate common pathways for the development of Merkel and skin squamous cell carcinomas. Int J Cancer 2002; 99 : 352–60.
Kanitakis J, Euvrard S, Chouvet B, et al. Merkel cell carcinoma in renal transplant recipients. Report of two new cases with unusual histological features and literature review. J Cutan Pathol 2006; 33 : 686–94.
Medina-Franco H, Urist M, Fiveash J, et al. Multimodality treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma: case series and literature review of 24 cases. Ann Surg Oncol 2001; 8 : 204–8.
Muirhead R, Ritchie D. Partial regression of Merkel cell carcinoma in response to withdrawal of azathioprine in an immunosuppression-induced case of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma. Clin Oncol 2007; 19 : 96.
Kanitakis J, Joly MO, Chouvet B, et al. Merkel cell carcinomas in immunocompetent and organ-transplant recipients do not harbor HPV. Eur J Dermatol 2006; 16 : 445–6.
Shaw M, Warren S, Groben P, Gulley M. No evidence of Epstein-Barr virus in Merkel cell carcinoma. J Cutan Pathol 2006; 33 : 624–8.
Feng H, Shuda M, Chang Y, Moore P. Clonal integration of a polyomavirus in human Merkel cell carcinoma. Science 2008; 319 : 1096–100.

[1] Heath M, Jaimes N, Lemos B, et al. Clinical characteristics of Merkel cell carcinoma at diagnosis in 195 patients: the AEIOU features. J Am Acad Dermatol 2008; 58 : 375–81.

[2] Agelli M, Clegg LX. Epidemiology of Merkel cell carcinoma in the United States. J Am Acad Dermatol 2003; 49 : 832–41.

[3] Hodgson N. Merkel cell carcinoma: changing incidence trends. J Surg Oncol 2005; 89 : 1–4.

[4] Popp S, Waltering S, Herbst C, et al. UV–B-type mutations and chromosomal imbalances indicate common pathways for the development of Merkel and skin squamous cell carcinomas. Int J Cancer 2002; 99 : 352–60.

[5] Kanitakis J, Euvrard S, Chouvet B, et al. Merkel cell carcinoma in renal transplant recipients. Report of two new cases with unusual histological features and literature review. J Cutan Pathol 2006; 33 : 686–94.

[6] Medina-Franco H, Urist M, Fiveash J, et al. Multimodality treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma: case series and literature review of 24 cases. Ann Surg Oncol 2001; 8 : 204–8.

[7] Muirhead R, Ritchie D. Partial regression of Merkel cell carcinoma in response to withdrawal of azathioprine in an immunosuppression-induced case of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma. Clin Oncol 2007; 19 : 96.

[8] Kanitakis J, Joly MO, Chouvet B, et al. Merkel cell carcinomas in immunocompetent and organ-transplant recipients do not harbor HPV. Eur J Dermatol 2006; 16 : 445–6.

[9] Shaw M, Warren S, Groben P, Gulley M. No evidence of Epstein-Barr virus in Merkel cell carcinoma. J Cutan Pathol 2006; 33 : 624–8.

[10] Feng H, Shuda M, Chang Y, Moore P. Clonal integration of a polyomavirus in human Merkel cell carcinoma. Science 2008; 319 : 1096–100.

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