Association between treatment center experience and survival after diagnosis of stage I to III Merkel cell carcinoma treated with surgery with or without postoperative radiation therapy

Fallon E Chipidza; Manisha Thakuria; Jonathan D Schoenfeld; Ann W Silk; Paul J Catalano; Charles H Yoon; Glenn J Hanna; James A DeCaprio; Roy B Tishler; Danielle N Margalit

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2020.10.089

Association between treatment center experience and survival after diagnosis of stage I to III Merkel cell carcinoma treated with surgery with or without postoperative radiation therapy

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Mar;84(3):875-877. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.10.089. Epub 2020 Nov 7.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Merkel Cell Carcinoma Center of Excellence, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Dermatology, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Merkel Cell Carcinoma Center of Excellence, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Merkel Cell Carcinoma Center of Excellence, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Data Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Merkel Cell Carcinoma Center of Excellence, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Merkel Cell Carcinoma Center of Excellence, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: danielle_margalit@dfci.harvard.edu.

PMID: 33171164
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.10.089

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / diagnosis
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / mortality
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / therapy*
Dermatologic Surgical Procedures*
Humans
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Neoplasm Staging
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
Skin Neoplasms / mortality
Skin Neoplasms / therapy*
Treatment Outcome