Clinical experience on eight cases of Merkel cell carcinoma

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Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-151

  Cirillo, Fernando ^a   Buononato, Massimo ^a   Lima, Gianfranco ^a   Cafaro, Ines ^a   Alquati, Palmiro ^a  

^a CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Merkel cell carcinoma; Neuroendocrine tumor; Radiotherapy; Rheumatoid arthritis; Somatostatin analogues; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CORTISONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DACARBAZINE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; LOMUSTINE; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; OCTREOTIDE; PREDNISONE; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID; STREPTOZOCIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0038545806     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160308900208     Document Type: Article

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