Merkel Cell Carcinoma after Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Case Report and Literature Review

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 531-534

  Vlad, Roxana ^a   Woodlock, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a UNITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Merkel cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GROWTH FACTOR; MORPHINE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0348134799     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000037108.86294.5E     Document Type: Article

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