Reliability of sentinel lymph node biopsy for regional staging of head and neck Merkel cell carcinoma

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 610-614

  Schmalbach, Cecelia E ^a   Lowe, Lori ^a,b   Teknos, Theodoros N ^a   Johnson, Timothy M ^a,b   Bradford, Carol R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; ISOSULFAN BLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; NECK CANCER; PAROTID GLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 23044488532     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.7.610     Document Type: Article

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