Merkel cell carcinoma

Current Treatment Options in Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-199

  Lehrer, Michael S ^b   Hershock, Diane ^b   Ming, Michael E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IRINOTECAN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR INHIBITOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; NEUTROPENIA; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4444348412     PISSN: 15272729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11864-004-0011-9     Document Type: Review

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