Importance of sentinel lymph node biopsy in Merkel cell carcinoma

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1068-1070

  Kamo, Riei ^a   Kumei, Aya ^a   Ueoku, Satoshi ^a   Kusutani, Nao ^a   Sowa, Junko ^a   Ishii, Masamitsu ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISTANT METASTASIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78649675409     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00941.x     Document Type: Letter

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