Merkel cell carcinoma: A clinicopathological study of 11 cases

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 546-551

  Acebo, E ^a   Vidaurrazaga, N ^a   Varas, C ^a   Burgos Bretones, J J ^a   Diaz Perezt J L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Merkel cell carcinoma; Pathology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; FLUOROURACIL; KI 67 ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28544451227     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2005.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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