Therapeutic management of Merkel cell carcinoma;Therapie des Merkel-Zell-Karzinoms

H+G Zeitschrift fur Hautkrankheiten

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-18

  Hauschild, A ^a,b   Christophers, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

chemotherapy; immunotherapy; Merkel cell; Merkel cell carcinoma; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; OCTREOTIDE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATUMORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031057406     PISSN: 03010481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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