Management of the neck in Merkel cell carcinoma of the head and neck: University of Miami experience

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1559-1565

  Shnayder, Yelizaveta ^a   Weed, Donald T ^b   Arnold, David J ^b   Gomez Fernandez, Carmen ^b   Bared, Anthony ^b   Goodwin, W Jarrard ^b   Civantos, Francisco J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Merkel cell carcinoma; Neck dissection; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Skin carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57349140837     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20899     Document Type: Article

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