Electrochemotherapy as a new therapeutic strategy in advanced Merkel cell carcinoma of head and neck region

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 366-369

  Scelsi, Daniele ^a   Mevio, Niccolò ^a   Bertino, Giulia ^a   Occhini, Antonio ^a   Brazzelli, Valeria ^b   Morbini, Patrizia ^c   Benazzo, Marco ^a  

^a Department of Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery ^*  (Italy)

^b Institute of Dermatology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrochemotherapy; Head and neck cancer; Merkel cell carcinoma; Palliative treatment

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 8;

AGED; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG METASTASIS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MITOSIS INDEX; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84893769269     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/raon-2013-0059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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