Overview of Merkel cell carcinoma and recent advances in research - Editorial

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 749-751

  Smith, Kathleen ^a   Skelton, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CARBOPLATIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLORMETHINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOKINE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GAMMA INTERFERON; IFOSFAMIDE; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; PROCARBAZINE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VINCA ALKALOID;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CYTOGENETICS; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SUN EXPOSURE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141816829     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01913.x     Document Type: Editorial

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