Selective lymphadenectomy in patients with Merkel cell (cutaneous neuroendocrine) carcinoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 389-395

  Messina, Jane L ^a   Reintgen, Douglas S ^a   Cruse, Carl W ^a   Rappaport, David P ^a   Berman, Claudia ^b   Fenske, Neil A ^a   Glass, L Frank ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mapping; Merkel cell carcinoma; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SKIN TUMOR;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031183209     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02305551     Document Type: Article

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