Spontaneous regression of Merkel cell carcinoma of the nose

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-414

  Karkos, Petros D ^a   Sastry, Anand ^a   Hampal, Sucha ^a   Al Jafari, Mohammad ^a  

^a WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Merkel cell carcinoma; Nose

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA OF THE NOSE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NECK METASTASIS; NOSE CARCINOMA; NOSE CAVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NOSE NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 76249124254     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21095     Document Type: Article

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