Successful immunotherapy and irradiation in a HIV-positive patient with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma

This case report presents a HIV-positive 60-year old male with Merkel cell carcinoma of his right forearm and pulmonary sarcoidosis, who, after excisions and irradiations of the primary tumour site and subsequent lymph node metastases developed distant metastases. He received radiotherapy to symptom...

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Main Authors: Annett Linge, Ricarda Rauschenberg, Sophia Blum, Petra Spornraft-Ragaller, Friedegund Meier, Esther G.C. Troost
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-02-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405630818301162