Merkel cell carcinoma, role of radiotherapy and literature review;Les tumeurs à cellules de Merkel, rôle de la radiothérapie. Analyse de la littérature

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-54

  Guihard, S ^a   Noel G ^a  

^a CENTRE PAUL STRAUSS   (France)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Merkel cell carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITOR; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; PLATINUM COMPLEX; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUN EXPOSURE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RARE DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58649112354     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2008.06.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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