Merkel cell carcinoma in the peripheral blood of a patient with concomitant chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Hartley, Monique A ^a   Tao, Jianguo ^a   Baz, Rachid ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKERATIN AE1; FLUDARABINE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL POPULATION; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CYTOGENETICS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MANDIBLE; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PANCYTOPENIA; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SKIN DEFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77949895923     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.4153     Document Type: Article

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