Review Article
A Practical Update of Surgical Management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Skin
Table 3
5-year survival outcome of different stages of MCC [
7].
| | Percentage of all patients | 5-year overall survival |
| Stage I and II (localized disease) | 60%–70% | 60%–80% | Stage III (nodal disease) | 30% | 50% | Stage IV (distant metastasis) | 5%–10% | 20% | All stages combined | 100% | 40% |
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