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Merkel cell carcinoma

rare and highly aggressive skin cancer
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Merkel cell carcinoma

Summary

Merkel cell carcinoma is a class of disease[1]. It draws 192 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_disease category, ranking #450 of 1,968).[2]

Key Facts

  • Merkel cell carcinoma's instance of is recorded as class of disease[3].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma is a type of skin carcinoma[4].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma is a type of rare genetic developmental defect during embryogenesis[5].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma is a type of genetic epidermal disorder[6].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma is a type of skin tumor or hamartoma[7].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma is a type of inherited neuroendocrine tumor[8].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma is a type of genetic nervous system disorder[9].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma is a type of malignant dermis tumor[10].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma is a type of dermis disorder[11].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma is a type of neuroendocrine tumor with other location[12].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma is a type of nervous system cancer[13].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma is a type of rare nervous system tumor[14].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma is a type of disease[15].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma's Commons category is recorded as Merkel cell carcinoma[16].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 209.36[17].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C4068[18].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C9231[19].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma's health specialty is recorded as oncology[20].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as pembrolizumab[21].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as nivolumab[22].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_3965[23].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:3965[24].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0030447[25].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_79140[26].
  • Merkel cell carcinoma's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[27].

Why It Matters

Merkel cell carcinoma draws 192 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_disease category, ranking #450 of 1,968).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Drug Indications Extracted from FAERS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Drug Indications Extracted from FAERS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Human Phenotype Ontology release 2018-03-08. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Drug or therapy used for treatment → pembrolizumab, nivolumab
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    Health specialty → oncology
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