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The surgical management of metastatic melanoma.

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Allen, PJ; Coit, DG
Published in: Ann Surg Oncol
October 2002

When deciding whether or not to perform a resection for metastatic melanoma, one should follow general principles that apply to the patient with melanoma as well as to the patient with metastases from other types of primary tumors. When the resection is palliative, the success of surgical treatment will be governed by the presence of identifiable symptoms, the morbidity of the procedure, the course of the disease, and the ability to communicate treatment goals among surgeon, patient, and family. When the resection is performed with curative intent, long-term survival depends on the ability of the surgeon to select patients with a pattern of recurrence suggestive of a less aggressive tumor biology. Regardless of the extent of the operative procedure, resection of metastases in patients whose disease recurs early after the treatment of the primary tumor, in those who present with multiple lesions, and in those who present with disease that cannot be completely resected will only rarely be associated with subsequent long-term survival.

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Ann Surg Oncol

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1068-9265

Publication Date

October 2002

Volume

9

Issue

8

Start / End Page

762 / 770

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Survival Analysis
  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Palliative Care
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Melanoma
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms
 

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Allen, P. J., & Coit, D. G. (2002). The surgical management of metastatic melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol, 9(8), 762–770. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02574498
Allen, Peter J., and Daniel G. Coit. “The surgical management of metastatic melanoma.Ann Surg Oncol 9, no. 8 (October 2002): 762–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02574498.
Allen PJ, Coit DG. The surgical management of metastatic melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2002 Oct;9(8):762–70.
Allen, Peter J., and Daniel G. Coit. “The surgical management of metastatic melanoma.Ann Surg Oncol, vol. 9, no. 8, Oct. 2002, pp. 762–70. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/BF02574498.
Allen PJ, Coit DG. The surgical management of metastatic melanoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2002 Oct;9(8):762–770.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ann Surg Oncol

DOI

ISSN

1068-9265

Publication Date

October 2002

Volume

9

Issue

8

Start / End Page

762 / 770

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Survival Analysis
  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Palliative Care
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Melanoma
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms