Sentinel lymph node biopsy for evaluation and treatment of patients with Merkel cell carcinoma: The Dana-Farber experience and meta-analysis of the literature

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 685-690

  Gupta, Sheela G ^a,c   Wang, Linda C ^a,c   Peñas, Pablo F ^a,c,d   Gellenthin, Martina ^a,c,e   Lee, Stephanie J ^a   Nghiem, Paul ^a,b,c,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745261829     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.142.6.685     Document Type: Article

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