Merkel cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Oral Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 773-779

  Suárez, Carlos ^a,b   Rodrigo, Juan Pablo ^a,b   Ferlito, Alfio ^c   Devaney, Kenneth O ^d   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d Foote Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous carcinomas; Head and neck tumors; Merkel cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOSURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043107081     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2003.11.005     Document Type: Review

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