Single-institution series of early-stage merkel cell carcinoma: Long-term outcomes in 95 patients managed with surgery alone

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2985-2993

  Bajetta, Emilio ^a   Celio, Luigi ^a   Platania, Marco ^a   Lo Vullo, Salvatore ^a   Patuzzo, Roberto ^a   Maurichi, Andrea ^a   Santinami, Mario ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350409906     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0615-1     Document Type: Article

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