title: Palliative surgery for stage IV melanoma: is it a primary treatment?
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Balch
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*