Postoperative radiation therapy is associated with a reduced risk of local recurrence among low risk Merkel cell carcinomas of the head and neck

PURPOSE: Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare and often aggressive skin cancer. Typically, surgery is the primary treatment. Postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) is often recommended to improve local control. It is unclear whether PORT is indicated in patients with favorable Stage IA head and nec...

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Autores principales: Takagishi, Seesha R., Marx, Tessa E., Lewis, Christopher, Tarabadkar, Erica S., Juhlin, Ilsa D., Blom, Astrid, Iyer, Jayasri G., Liao, Jay J., Tseng, Yolanda D., Fu, Teresa, Nghiem, Paul, Parvathaneni, Upendra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Scientific Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5514235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28740894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2016.10.003

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