Increased incidence of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and lymphomas in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma - a population based study of 335 cases with neuroendocrine skin tumour

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 457-462

  Tadmor, Tamar ^a   Liphshitz, Irena ^b   Aviv, Ariel ^c   Landgren, Ola ^d   Barchana, Micha ^e   Polliack, Aaron ^f  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic small cell lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL CLL); Haematological neoplasias; Lymphomas; Malignancies; Merkel cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOLID TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859951617     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2012.09087.x     Document Type: Article

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