Sentinel lymph node biopsy in Merkel cell carcinoma: A 15-year institutional experience and statistical analysis of 721 reported cases

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 273-281

  Gunaratne, D A ^a   Howle, J R ^a,b   Veness, Michael J ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBASE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDLINE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONAL METASTASIS; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84951776396     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.14240     Document Type: Review

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