Tumor burden of sentinel lymph node metastasis in Merkel cell carcinoma

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 508-513

  Koljonen, Virve ^a   Böhling, Tom ^b   Virolainen, Susanna ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

false negative; immunohistochemistry; Merkel cell carcinoma; sentinel lymph node biopsy; tumor burden

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 79955532594     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2011.01690.x     Document Type: Article

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