An isolated Merkel cell carcinoma metastasis at a distant cutaneous site presenting as a second 'primary' tumor

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 801-807

  Ahronowitz, Iris Z ^a   Daud, Adil I ^b   Leong, Stanley P ^c   Shue, Eveline H ^a   Bastian, Boris C ^d   McCalmont, Timothy H ^a   Yu, Siegrid S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative genomic hybridization; Merkel cell carcinoma; non melanoma skin cancer; oligometastasis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; SECOND CANCER; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052272544     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2011.01757.x     Document Type: Article

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