Abscopal effect in a patient with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma following radiation therapy: Potential role of induced antitumor immunity

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 870-872

  Cotter, Shane E ^a   Dunn, Gavin P ^b   Collins, Kristina M ^a   Sahni, Debjani ^c   Zukotynski, Katherine A ^c   Hansen, Jorgen L ^c   O'Farrell, Desmond A ^c   Ng, Andrea K ^c   Devlin, Phillip M ^c   Wang, Linda C ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ABSCOPAL EFFECT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN NODULE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR IMMUNITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR REGRESSION; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

EID: 79960593393     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.176     Document Type: Letter

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