Early aggressive treatment for merkel cell carcinoma improves outcome

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 688-693

  Kokoska, Evan R ^a   Kokoska, Mimi S ^a   Collins, Brian T ^a   Stapleton, Diane R ^b   Wade, Terence P ^a  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; SUN EXPOSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031456659     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00193-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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