title: Pulmonary metastasectomy in a patient with malignant melanoma after a disease-free interval of 15 years.
abstract: Prognosis in melanoma patients after resection of pulmonary metastases is poor. Little information is available about the relationship between long-term disease-free interval and survival rate after pulmonary metastasectomy. We report a patient treated for malignant melanoma of the forehead who developed a pulmonary metastasis after a disease-free interval of 15 years. Lobectomy was performed, but unfortunately 12 months later the patient died of brain metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Toorop
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Schil
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hendriks
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van den Brande
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Maeseneer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*