Merkel cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A retrospective case series

Head and Neck

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 982-988

  Brissett, Anthony E ^a   Olsen, Kerry D ^a   Kasperbauer, Jan L ^a   Lewis, Jean E ^a   Goellner, John R ^a   Spotts, Bruce E ^a   Weaver, Amy L ^a   Strome, Scott E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Merkel cell carcinoma; Retrospective case series; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN EXPOSURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036838906     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10153     Document Type: Article

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