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The role of surgery for patients with metastatic melanoma.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Allen, PJ; Coit, DG
Published in: Curr Opin Oncol
March 2002

When deciding to perform a resection for metastatic melanoma one should first decide whether the intent of the procedure is curative or palliative. When the resection is palliative, the success of surgical treatment will depend on the presence of identifiable symptoms, the morbidity of the procedure, the course of the disease, and the ability to communicate the treatment goals among surgeon, patient, and family. When the resection is curative, survival will depend on the ability of the surgeon to select patients with a pattern of recurrence suggestive of less aggressive tumor biology. Factors generally found predictive of improved survival, and therefore reflective of tumor biology, include longer disease-free interval, fewer numbers of metastases, and the ability to obtain a complete resection. Resection of metastases in patients who recur within one-year, who present with multiple lesions, and who present with disease that cannot be completely resected, will not result in long-term survival.

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Curr Opin Oncol

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1040-8746

Publication Date

March 2002

Volume

14

Issue

2

Start / End Page

221 / 226

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Prognosis
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Melanoma
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Lymph Nodes
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
 

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Allen, P. J., & Coit, D. G. (2002). The role of surgery for patients with metastatic melanoma. Curr Opin Oncol, 14(2), 221–226. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001622-200203000-00014
Allen, Peter J., and Daniel G. Coit. “The role of surgery for patients with metastatic melanoma.Curr Opin Oncol 14, no. 2 (March 2002): 221–26. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001622-200203000-00014.
Allen PJ, Coit DG. The role of surgery for patients with metastatic melanoma. Curr Opin Oncol. 2002 Mar;14(2):221–6.
Allen, Peter J., and Daniel G. Coit. “The role of surgery for patients with metastatic melanoma.Curr Opin Oncol, vol. 14, no. 2, Mar. 2002, pp. 221–26. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00001622-200203000-00014.
Allen PJ, Coit DG. The role of surgery for patients with metastatic melanoma. Curr Opin Oncol. 2002 Mar;14(2):221–226.

Published In

Curr Opin Oncol

DOI

ISSN

1040-8746

Publication Date

March 2002

Volume

14

Issue

2

Start / End Page

221 / 226

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Prognosis
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Melanoma
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Lymph Nodes
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms