title: Merkel cell tumour of the face successfully treated with radical radiotherapy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, West Norwich Hospital, U.K.
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Pople
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001079:Apudoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005143:Eyelids; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male