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Mohs micrographic surgery may be more effective than wide local excision as a surgical treatment for localized T1/T2 Merkel cell carcinoma.

This new data indicates that this not widely-practiced surgery for MCC, while effective, may first require initial implementation at higher-volume, regional centers for MCC due to existing infrastructure.

Beneath and beyond the reddish, flaky lesions that form in the skin of those with psoriasis, mild and severe forms of the disease can be told apart by the activity of key cells and signaling pathways, a new study shows.