Characterization of cell lines established from merkel‐cell (“small‐cell”) carcinoma of the skin

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Six cell lines have been established from different biopsies of the rare small-cell skin cancer of neuro-endocrine origin known as Merkel-cell carcinoma (MCC). These were established from metastatic lesions and have now been in culture for periods varying from 1 to 3 years. All lines grow as suspension cultures and exhibit typical MCC cytological features of small round cells with little cytoplasm, round nuclei...

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