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Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Abdominal Wall
- Source :
- Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology. 41:275-279
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2020.
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Abstract
- Merkel-cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare skin malignancy seen in elderly males. It is a highly aggressive tumor with a poor prognosis. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for localized disease with adjuvant radiation depending on the locoregional extent, while chemotherapy has a role in metastatic disease. Emerging data from treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors look promising. We report a case of MCC in an elderly male diagnosed and treated with chemotherapy and radiation, with a review of the literature of this rare malignancy.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Oncology
Chemotherapy
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Merkel cell carcinoma
medicine.medical_treatment
Disease
medicine.disease
Malignancy
Abdominal wall
03 medical and health sciences
030104 developmental biology
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Internal medicine
Localized disease
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
medicine
Carcinoma
Skin cancer
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09752129 and 09715851
- Volume :
- 41
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........99c90fb6fe02651e59a2f5a1ae2b0cb7