Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Update and Review

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-56

  Wang, Timothy S ^a   Byrne, Patrick J ^a   Jacobs, Lisa K ^a   Taube, Janis M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; PROTEIN S 100; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DISTANT METASTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIMARY TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POLYOMAVIRUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955445398     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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