Systemic immune suppression predicts diminished merkel cell carcinoma-specific survival independent of stage

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 642-646

  Paulson, Kelly G ^a   Iyer, Jayasri G ^a   Blom, Astrid ^a   Margaret Warton, E ^b   Sokil, Monica ^b   Yelistratova, Lola ^a   Schuman, Louise ^c   Nagase, Kotaro ^a,d   Bhatia, Shailender ^a   Asgari, Maryam M ^b   Nghiem, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Clinical Data Systems   (United States)

^d SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 84873732810     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.388     Document Type: Article

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