Lymph node metastases of Merkel cell carcinoma from unknown primary site: Report of three cases

Tumori

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 758-761

  De Cicco, Luigi ^a,b   Vavassori, Andrea ^a   Jereczek Fossa, Barbara A ^a,c   Pruneri, Giancarlo ^a,c   Catalano, Gianpiero ^a   Ferrari, Anna Maria ^a   Orecchia, Roberto ^a,c  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastases; Merkel cell carcinoma; Unknown primary site

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CARBOPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; OCTREOTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 56749083568     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400522     Document Type: Article

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