Merkel cell carcinoma: Improved outcome with adjuvant radiotherapy

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 275-281

  Veness, Michael J ^a,b   Perera, Lakmalie ^a   McCourt, Junie ^a   Shannon, Jennifer ^a   Hughes, T Michael ^a   Morgan, Gary J ^a   Gebski, Val ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Neuroendocrine; Radiotherapy; Skin cancer; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444448141     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03353.x     Document Type: Article

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