title: Pathologic nodal evaluation is increasingly commonly performed for patients with Merkel cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology/Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Kelly G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Paulson
authors.forename: Jayasri G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Byrd
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nghiem
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D015994:Incidence; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*
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