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General Health Versus Tumor Stage: Determinants of Survival in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Assessed by Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
2026-03-28
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Purpose Overall survival (OS) of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) patient is strongly influenced by health. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is recommended for staging. We evaluated whether SLNB is associated with OS in clinically node-negative MCC and contrasted tumor factors with patient frailty. Methods STROBE-compliant cohort across eight centers in Germany (2004–2024). We included 27...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 74bc7d80-55c1-5ec7-9064-c1fc2f3bb973
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8669831/v1
