Unknown primary Merkel cell carcinoma: 23 new cases and a review

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 433-440

  Tarantola, Tina I ^a   Vallow, Laura A ^b   Halyard, Michele Y ^c   Weenig, Roger H ^d   Warschaw, Karen E ^c   Weaver, Amy L ^a   Roenigk, Randall K ^a   Brewer, Jerry D ^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

lymphatic metastasis; Merkel cell carcinoma; retrospective; unknown primary

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UNKNOWN PRIMARY MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 84873721924     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.07.035     Document Type: Article

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