Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-56

  Swann, Michael Howard ^a   Yoon, Jaeyoung ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; TOPOTECAN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHEMA; EXCISION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SUN EXPOSURE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846504386     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2006.10.021     Document Type: Article

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