Merkel cell carcinoma
Brief S2k guidelines – Merkel cell carcinoma
Jürgen C. Becker,
Chalid Assaf,
Dirk Vordermark,
Sven N. Reske,
Jörg Hense,
Therese Dettenborn,
Oliver Seitz,
Stephan Grabbe,
Corresponding Author
Jürgen C. Becker
Division of General Dermatology, Graz University Hospital, Austria
Correspondence to
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen C. Becker
Division of General Dermatology
Graz University Hospital
Auenbruggerplatz 8
8036 Graz, Austria
E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorChalid Assaf
Department of Dermatology, HELIOS Klinikum, Krefeld, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorDirk Vordermark
Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Germany
Search for more papers by this authorSven N. Reske
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorJörg Hense
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorTherese Dettenborn
Department of Plastic Surgery, Hornheide Clinic, Münster, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorOliver Seitz
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Frankfurt Hospital, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorStephan Grabbe
Department of Dermatology, Mainz University Hospital, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorJürgen C. Becker,
Chalid Assaf,
Dirk Vordermark,
Sven N. Reske,
Jörg Hense,
Therese Dettenborn,
Oliver Seitz,
Stephan Grabbe,
Corresponding Author
Jürgen C. Becker
Division of General Dermatology, Graz University Hospital, Austria
Correspondence to
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen C. Becker
Division of General Dermatology
Graz University Hospital
Auenbruggerplatz 8
8036 Graz, Austria
E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorChalid Assaf
Department of Dermatology, HELIOS Klinikum, Krefeld, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorDirk Vordermark
Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Germany
Search for more papers by this authorSven N. Reske
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorJörg Hense
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorTherese Dettenborn
Department of Plastic Surgery, Hornheide Clinic, Münster, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorOliver Seitz
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Frankfurt Hospital, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorStephan Grabbe
Department of Dermatology, Mainz University Hospital, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorThe present guidelines were commissioned by the Dermatologic Cooperative Oncology Group (DECOG) of the German Cancer Society (DKG) and the German Society of Dermatology (DDG).
ADO guidelines coordinator: Prof. Dr. Stephan Grabbe, Mainz Version 03/2012
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