Treatment of a Patient with Merkel Cell Skin Carcinoma Using Radiation Therapy - A Case Report

BACKGROUND: Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, very aggressive tumour. The pathogenesis remains unclear, but UV radiation, immunosuppression, and the presence of Merkel cell polyomavirus in the tumour genome appear to have a key role. Merkel cell carcinoma is a highly aggressive tumour that ofte...

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Autores principales: Petrov, Andrej, Kraleva, Slavica, Kubelka-Sabit, Katerina, Petrova, Deva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Republic of Macedonia 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5927501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29731938
http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.120

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