Merkel cell carcinoma: A case series of twelve patients and review of the literature

Anticancer Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6 A, 2001, Pages 4173-4177

  Samonis, George ^a   Mantadakis, Elpis ^a   Kononas, Theodore C ^a   Rigatos, Sotiris K ^a   Stathopoulos, George P ^a  

^a University of Creece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Merkel cell carcinoma; Prognosis; Radiation therapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035569195     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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