Current Management of Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2 II, 2004, Pages 321-325

  Brady, Mary S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 1542378766     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200402002-00014     Document Type: Review

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