Cisplatin-based chemotherapy for Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 780-785

  Pectasides, D ^a,b   Pectasides, M ^a   Psyrri, A ^a   Koumarianou, A ^a   Xiros, N ^a   Pectasides, E ^a   Gaglia, A ^a   Lianos, E ^a   Papaxoinis, G ^a   Lampadiari, V ^a   Economopoulos, Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carboplatin; Chemotherapy; Etoposide; Merkel cell carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SKIN CARCINOMA; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CISPLATIN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845630557     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900601062354     Document Type: Article

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