Merkel cell carcinoma - A rarity in the urogenital tract

Onkologie

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 326-328

  Schwindl, Bernhard ^a   Meißner, Andreas ^b   Giedl, Josef ^c   Klotz, Theodor ^a  

^a Klinikum Weiden   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Pathological Institute Weiden   (Germany)

Author keywords

Merkel cell tumor; Neuroendocrine tumor; Targeted therapies; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; ETOPOSIDE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; RARE DISEASE; SCINTIGRAPHY; TESTICULAR METASTASIS; TESTIS CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; MALE; RARE DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745795545     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093661     Document Type: Article

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