Surgical management of solitary metastatic melanoma.
The results of non-surgical treatment of advanced stage melanoma are disappointing. Carefully selected stage IV melanoma patients can profit from an aggressive surgical approach. The possibilities of surgical treatment of solitary and single-organ metastasis of melanoma are discussed for most common metastatic sites.
Komorowski
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Servicio de Cirugia General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Juan Grande, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. alkomorowski@wp.pl
Wysocki
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WM
White
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D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015996:Survival Rate