TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemotherapy of metastatic merkel cell cancer
AU - Crown, John
AU - Lipzstein, Roberto
AU - Cohen, Seymour
AU - Goldsmith, Michael
AU - Wisch, Nathaniel
AU - Paciucci, P. Alberto
AU - Silverman, Lewis
AU - Weiner, Martin
AU - Jaffrey, Ira
AU - Norton, Larry
AU - Holland, James
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by grants from the T. J. Martell Foundation and the United States Public Health Service Grant No. CA 23102 from the National Cancer Institute.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - Out of 16 cases of Merkel cell cancer identified in the records of the Mt. Sinai Medical Center or affiliates, 11 patients developed systemic metastases. Literature review confirms the substantial possibility of dissemination. Both in our series and in the literature, cytotoxic chemotherapy produced a high rate of usually short-lived response, although one of our patients with disseminated metastases achieved complete remission for two years.
AB - Out of 16 cases of Merkel cell cancer identified in the records of the Mt. Sinai Medical Center or affiliates, 11 patients developed systemic metastases. Literature review confirms the substantial possibility of dissemination. Both in our series and in the literature, cytotoxic chemotherapy produced a high rate of usually short-lived response, although one of our patients with disseminated metastases achieved complete remission for two years.
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U2 - 10.3109/07357909109044222
DO - 10.3109/07357909109044222
M3 - Article
C2 - 1863871
AN - SCOPUS:0025769661
SN - 0735-7907
VL - 9
SP - 129
EP - 132
JO - Cancer Investigation
JF - Cancer Investigation
IS - 2
ER -