Prognostic factors in Merkel cell carcinoma: Analysis of 240 cases

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 425-432

  Tarantola, Tina I ^a   Vallow, Laura A ^b   Halyard, Michele Y ^c   Weenig, Roger H ^d   Warschaw, Karen E ^c   Grotz, Travis E ^a   Jakub, James W ^a   Roenigk, Randall K ^a   Brewer, Jerry D ^a   Weaver, Amy L ^a   Otley, Clark C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; neuroendocrine carcinoma; nonmelanoma skin cancer; primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of skin; prognosis; retrospective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CHEMOSURGERY; DISTANT METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LOCAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84873716644     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.09.036     Document Type: Article

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