Does immunotherapy have any value in the treatment of malignant melanomas?
To date, immunotherapy has not proven to be curative of malignant melanomas. Some immunologic procedures have produced regressions of some recurrences and perhaps have prolonged life by eliminating some dispersed malignant cells that would have gone to metastasis, but have not affected established, disseminated metastases to a meaningful degree.
D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000628:therapy*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*
D001500:BCG Vaccine