Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in Merkel's cell carcinoma

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-122

  Ortin Perez, J ^a   van Rijk, M C ^b   Valdes Olmos, R A ^b   Vidal Sicart, S ^a,c   Nieweg, O E ^b   Vilalta, A ^a,c   Kroon, B B R ^b   Pons, F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Merkel's cell carcinoma; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846353587     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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