Is Radiation, Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, or Neck Dissection Beneficial for the Node Negative Neck in Merkel Cell Carcinoma?

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Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Published: June 2022

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