Outcomes of merkel cell carcinoma treated with radiotherapy without radical surgical excision

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3401-3405

  Harrington, Chris ^a   Kwan, Winkle ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOCAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN SURGERY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; ADULT; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84922582379     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-014-3757-8     Document Type: Article

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