Risk of second cancers after the diagnosis of Merkel cell carcinoma in Scandinavia

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 178-180

  Bzhalava, D ^a,b   Bray, F ^c,d   Storm, H ^e   Dillner, J ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

incidence; merkel cell carcinoma; merkel cell polyomavirus; second cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; SECOND CANCER; SKIN CANCER; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78650857645     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605989     Document Type: Article

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