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"Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a highly aggressive, often lethal neuroendocrine cancer of the skin associated with the recently discovered, common Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV). With an incidence of 0.44 per 100,000 MCC is a very rare cancer. Notably, however, although MCC is 40 times less common than malignant melanoma, MCC has a dramatically higher mortality rate than melanoma rendering MCC to ...

"Therapeutic antibodies are the largest and fastest growing class of pharmaceutical biotechnology products, with annual sales above 30 billion US$. In some cases, antibody products have revolutionized the management of patients, e.g. TNF-blocking antibodies in Arthritis or Rituxan in lymphoma. However, for most antibody therapies, only a subset of patients benefit from treatment. Thus, there is an ...