Adjuvant local irradiation for Merkel cell carcinoma

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 693-700

  Lewis, Kevan G ^a,b   Weinstock, Martin A ^a,b   Weaver, Amy L ^c   Otley, Clark C ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOSURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745247439     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.142.6.693     Document Type: Article

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