Merkel cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1346-1354

  Pellitteri, Phillip K ^a   Takes, Robert P ^b   Lewis Jr , James S ^c   Devaney, Kenneth O ^d   Harlor, Evan J ^a   Strojan, Primož ^e   Rodrigo, Juan P ^f,g   Suárez, Carlos ^f,g   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^h   Medina, Jesus E ⁱ   Woolgar, Julia A ^j   Ferlito, Alfio ^h  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Pathology Allegiance Health ^*  (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^g DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^j LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

cutaneous carcinoma; head neck tumors; Merkel cell carcinoma; primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin; primary small cell carcinoma of the skin; trabecular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DNA; ETOPOSIDE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERPHASE; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MITOSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK METASTASIS; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSECRETION; NUCLEOLUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84865031405     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21787     Document Type: Review

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