Treatment of recurrent merkel cell carcinoma: An analysis of 46 cases

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 576-583

  Eng, Tony Y ^a,b   Naguib, Marco ^a   Fuller, Clifton D ^a   Jones III, William E ^a   Herman, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Recurrent

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTPATIENT; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10044235124     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000135926.93116.c7     Document Type: Review

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