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Merkel cell tumor of the skin treated with localized radiotherapy: are widely negative margins required?
Rare tumors, v 3(1)
01 Jan 2011
PMID: 21464874
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Abstract
Merkel's cell carcinoma is a rare cutaneous tumor that can affect a wide variety of sites throughout the body. Commonly, it affects the skin alone and the management of limited disease can be confusing since the natural history of the disease involves distant metastasis. Traditional management has required wide local excision with negative margins of resection. We describe a case treated with local therapy alone and review the literature to suggest that complete microscopic excision may not be required if adjuvant radiotherapy is used.
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- Title
- Merkel cell tumor of the skin treated with localized radiotherapy: are widely negative margins required?
- Creators
- Mark Trombetta - Department of Radiation Oncology Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh PAMatthew Packard - Department of Radiation Oncology Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh PAClaudia Velosa - Allegheny General HospitalJan Silverman - Drexel UniversityDay Werts - Allegheny General HospitalDavid Parda - Allegheny General Hospital
- Publication Details
- Rare tumors, v 3(1)
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 3
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology (and Nuclear Medicine); Radiology (Radiologic Sciences); Pathology (and Laboratory Medicine)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000219590500012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79952419509
- Other Identifier
- 991019168966804721
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