Merkel cell carcinoma: Value of sentinel lymph-node status and adjuvant radiation therapy

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 914-919

  Servy, A ^a   Maubec, E ^b,c,d   Sugier, P E ^d,e,f   Grange, F ^g   Mansard, S ^h   Lesimple, T ⁱ   Marinho, E ^j   Couturaud, B ^k   Girod, A ^k   Albert, S ^f,j   Dendale, R ^k   Calitchi, E ^l   Sarda, L ^f,m   Chanal, J ^a   Deschamps, L ^j   Sastre Garau, X ^k   Laroche, L ^b,c   Crickx, B ^f,j   Avril, M F ^a,f  

^a Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Centre D'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^g SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE EUGÈNE MARQUIS   (France)

^j BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^k INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^l Clinique de la Porte de Saint Cloud   (France)

^m HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

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Author keywords

Adjuvant radiation therapy; Disease free survival; Merkel cell carcinoma; Overall survival; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84964768858     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw035     Document Type: Article

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