Recurrence and Survival in Patients Undergoing Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Analysis of 153 Patients from a Single Institution
- 24 March 2011
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 18 (9), 2529-2537
- https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-011-1662-y
Abstract
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a cutaneous neuroendocrine neoplasm with propensity for lymphatic spread. The rarity of MCC has limited analysis of factors associated with a positive sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and survival.Keywords
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