Merkel cell carcinoma in South East Scotland, 1993-2003

Surgeon

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-138

  Mills, L A ^a   Durrani, Amer J ^a   Watson, J D ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management; Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC)

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DATA BASE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PLASTIC SURGERY; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33744542659     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(06)80082-X     Document Type: Article

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