Rising incidence of Merkel cell carcinoma

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 274-280

  Lyhne, Dorte ^a   Lock Andersen, Jørgen ^b   Dahlstrøm, Karin ^c   Drzewiecki, K T ^a   Balslev, Eva ^c   Muhic, Aida ^a   Krarup Hansen, Anders ^c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin; rising incidence; treatment guidelines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEX RATIO; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856048470     PISSN: 2000656X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/2000656X.2011.613233     Document Type: Article

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