Skin Investigation Network of Canada (SkIN Canada) Priority Setting Initiative ranks the top 10 evidence uncertainties for Merkel cell carcinoma

Anabel Bergeron; Carolyn Nessim; Omer Kleiner; Rachael Manion; Jan Dutz; Anie Philip; An-Wen Chan; Skin Investigation Network of Canada Priority Setting Collaborative

doi:10.1093/bjd/ljad398

Skin Investigation Network of Canada (SkIN Canada) Priority Setting Initiative ranks the top 10 evidence uncertainties for Merkel cell carcinoma

Br J Dermatol. 2024 Jan 23;190(2):281-282. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljad398.

Authors

Anabel Bergeron¹, Carolyn Nessim², Omer Kleiner^{3

4}, Rachael Manion^{3

5}, Jan Dutz^{3

6

7}, Anie Philip^{3

8

9}, An-Wen Chan^{3

4

10}; Skin Investigation Network of Canada Priority Setting Collaborative

Collaborators

Skin Investigation Network of Canada Priority Setting Collaborative:
Yuka Asai, Kathleen Barnard, John Beaty, Leslee Beaty, Beverly Bell-Rowbotham, Ryan DeCoste, Aaron M Drucker, Julie Fradette, Lucie Germain, Robert Gniadecki, Karen Holfeld, Yuanshen Huang, Melanie Laurin, Ivan V Litvinov, Sarvesh Logsetty, Trish MacNeil, Morris F Manolson, Roxana Mititelu, P Régine Mydlarski, Vincent Piguet, Girish Shah, Debbie Ward, Mary Zawadaski, Youwen Zhou

Affiliations

¹ University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
² Department of Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
³ Skin Investigation Network of Canada (SkIN Canada), Toronto, ON, Canada(the full list of members is available in File S1).
⁴ Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Canadian Skin Patient Alliance, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁷ BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁸ Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada.
⁹ Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
¹⁰ Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

PMID: 37864824
PMCID: PMC10805522 (available on 2024-10-21)
DOI: 10.1093/bjd/ljad398

Abstract

The Skin Investigation Network of Canada (SkIN Canada) completed a national Priority Setting Initiative to identify the top 10 knowledge uncertainties for Merkel cell carcinoma based on the James Lind Alliance principles. Overall, 48 patients, clinicians and researchers provided input in two survey rounds and one workshop. The top 10 list of research priorities will help the skin research community, funders and policymakers to address key knowledge uncertainties for the benefit of patients with Merkel cell carcinoma.

MeSH terms

Canada
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell* / pathology
Humans
Skin / pathology
Skin Care
Skin Neoplasms* / pathology

Grants and funding

CAPMC/ CIHR/Canada