Merkel cell carcinoma: Our experience with seven patients in Korea and a literature review

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2064-2070

  Woo, Kyong Je ^a   Choi, Yoon La ^a   Jung, Hun Soon ^b   Jung, Gyeongseo ^a   Shin, Young Kee ^b   Jang, Kee Taek ^a   Han, Joungho ^a   Pyon, Jai Kyong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Management; Merkel cell carcinoma; Merkel cell polyoma virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957369762     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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