The predictive value of imaging studies in evaluating regional lymph node involvement in Merkel cell carcinoma

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1250-1256

  Colgan, Michael B ^a   Tarantola, Tina I ^a   Weaver, Amy L ^a   Wiseman, Gregory A ^a   Roenigk, Randall K ^a   Brewer, Jerry D ^a   Otley, Clark C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer staging; computed tomography; fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; lymph node dissection; Merkel cell carcinoma; neoplasm metastasis; positron emission tomography; sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84869100490     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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