Radiotherapy for localised and advanced Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin: A single institution case series

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-233

  Roeder, Falk ^a   Krempien, Robert ^a   Sterzing, Florian ^a   Funk, Angela ^a   Treiber, Martina ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^a   Bischof, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249821895     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2007.0154     Document Type: Article

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