Sentinel lymph node mapping for patients with Merkel cell carcinoma - Experience of 5 years

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 107-109

  Liebau, Jutta ^a,b   Arens, A ^a   Schwipper, V ^a   Schulz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Kaiserswerther Diakonie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Sentinel lymph node mapping

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33747004198     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00238-006-0047-0     Document Type: Article

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