[Current treatment of melanoma metastases of the brain].
The appearance of brain metastases in patients with malignant melanoma predicts poor prognosis. During the last ten years important progress has been made in the treatment of brain metastases providing longer survival and better quality of life for these patients. In this review article the different treatment modalities, surgery, radiosurgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy are described and the results published in the literature are briefly presented. Emphasis is made to show the effectiveness of a multimodality approach of this group of patients resulting in a better clinical outcome.
Fedorcsák
Imre
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Országos Idegsebészeti Tudományos Intézet, Budapest, Hungary. fedoimr@mailer.oiti.hu
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D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Agyi melanomaáttétek kezelése.