Dramatic increase in the incidence and mortality from merkel cell carcinoma in the United States

American Surgeon

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 802-806

  Fitzgerald, Timothy L ^a   Dennis, Samuel ^a   Kachare, Swapnil D ^a   Vohra, Nasreen A ^a   Wong, Jan H ^a   Zervos, Emmanuel E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; RACE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938787518     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: 15559823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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