Prognostication in Merkel cell carcinoma

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 665-667

  Zager, Jonathan S ^a   Rollison, Dana E ^a   Messina, Jane ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

immunohistochemical stains; Merkel cell polyomavirus; sentinel node biopsy; tumor depth

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POLYOMA VIRUS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955819877     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: 17448328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/era.11.50     Document Type: Review

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