Routine omission of sentinel lymph node biopsy for merkel cell carcinoma ≤ 1 cm is not justified

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sarnaik, Amod A ^a   Zager, Jonathan S ^a   Cox, L Elizabeth ^a   Ochoa, Tatiana M ^a   Messina, Jane L ^a   Sondak, Vernon K ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73949148732     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.25.9937     Document Type: Letter

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