ABSTRACT A 50-year-old patient was referred to our service for the investigation of oropharynx cancer and was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. Although there were no signs of distant metastasis, the disease was given as unresectable. The patient was treated with induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy. After a trauma episode,...
ABSTRACT Merkel cell carcinomas are rare cutaneous malignancies with neuroendocrine features that affect elderly individuals with a history of chronic sun exposure and immunosuppression. More recently, a human viral pathogen, the Merkel cell polyomavirus, has been implicated in the carcinogenesis of this disease. Its particularly aggressive biological behavior, the delay...
