Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 906-910

  Mendenhall, William M ^a,c   Mendenhall, Charles M ^b   Mendenhall, Nancy Price ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHOEBE PUTNEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2442515490     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200405000-00023     Document Type: Review

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