Cardiac metastasis from Merkel cell skin carcinoma

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-212

  Yamana, Nobuko ^a   Sueyama, Hiroo ^a   Hamada, Masaaki ^a  

^a Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac metastasis; Merkel cell carcinoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEART METASTASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3142557733     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-004-0396-2     Document Type: Article

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