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Non-cancer related causes of mortality in Merkel cell carcinoma: a national database study

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  1. School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Tejas P. Joshi, Dominique Cope, Clarissa Gonzalez, Anna Jang, Nabor Mireles & Orion Nguyen

  2. Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Jay Patel & Jennifer S. Ranario

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TPJ conceived the idea for the project and wrote the first draft of the manuscript . DC, CG, AJ, NM, and ON assisted in data curation and statistical analysis. JP and JSR supervised and critically revised the work. All authors read and approved the final submitted version.

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Joshi, T.P., Cope, D., Gonzalez, C. et al. Non-cancer related causes of mortality in Merkel cell carcinoma: a national database study. Arch Dermatol Res 316, 168 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-024-02907-3

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