Multimodality treatment of merkel cell carcinoma: Case series and literature review of 1024 cases

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 204-208

  Medina Franco, H ^a   Urist, M M ^a   Fiveash, J ^a   Heslin, M J ^a   Bland, K I ^a   Beenken, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Prognosis; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035074359     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2001.8.3.204     Document Type: Article

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