Pople I K
Department of Plastic Surgery, West Norwich Hospital, U.K.
Eur J Surg Oncol. 1988 Feb;14(1):79-81.
A case of Merkel cell tumour of the face and its dramatic response to a course of radical radiotherapy is presented below. The patient has been free of recurrence for 18 months and has suffered minimal side-effects from the treatment. This suggests that radical radiotherapy, as opposed to the standard wide excision, may be the preferred first-line treatment for at least some of these rare, but highly malignant tumours.
以下介绍一例面部默克尔细胞癌病例及其对根治性放疗疗程的显著反应。该患者已无复发18个月，且治疗产生的副作用极小。这表明，与标准的广泛切除手术不同，根治性放疗可能是至少部分这类罕见但高度恶性肿瘤的首选一线治疗方法。
