Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is associated with decreased survival of patients with malignant melanoma and merkel cell carcinoma in a SEER population-based study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 843-849

  Brewer, Jerry D ^a   Shanafelt, Tait D ^a   Otley, Clark C ^a   Roenigk, Randall K ^a   Cerhan, James R ^a   Kay, Neil E ^a   Weaver, Amy L ^a   Call, Timothy G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; FLUDARABINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SURVIVAL;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SEER PROGRAM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858819025     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.34.9605     Document Type: Article

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