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- Title
Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects in Elderly Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Special Focus on Radiotherapy.
- Authors
Assouline, Avi; Levy, Antonin; Chargari, Cyrus; Krzisch, Claude
- Abstract
This article discusses a study which examined a single-center experience in the management of merkel cell carcioma (MCC) with particular focus on postoperative radiotherapy (RT) in elderly patients. The study involved 29 MCC patients who were treated in Amiens Hospital in France between March 1996 and March 2007. Results of the study reveal the survival rates of patients according to the use of RT.
- Subjects
AMIENS (France); FRANCE; MERKEL cell carcinoma; RADIOTHERAPY
- Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2009, Vol 57, Issue 10, p1946
- ISSN
0002-8614
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02458.x