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Merkel cell carcinoma - general Q&As

4 items found in this section.

1. I have developed a skin rash which I have been told is lymphomatoid papulosis. What is this?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

2. My husband, who is 70, has had a Merkell cell tumour removed from his forehead. Can you tell us more about these tumours?

last reviewed: 01.07.2004

3. I have white patches on my skin, the white patches have spread over my body. Is this how skin cancer starts?

last reviewed: 01.05.2006

4. We are an African-Caribbean family. My son, who is 24, has an ugly growth on his earlobe (this followed a month or two after having his ear pierced). The doctor says it is a keloid. Is this a cancer?

last reviewed: 01.01.2005

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