title: Long-term survivor of brain metastases from malignant melanoma.
abstract: Malignant melanoma is notorious for distant metastases. Median survival for stage IV melanoma is 6-10 months and 5 year survival is less than 5%. Median survival for melanoma with brain metastases is even lower i.e. 2 to 9 months. Here a case is reported who was treated for melanoma of sole of left foot with ipsilateral inguinal adenopathy and brain metastases in 2001 and is still surviving disease-free after a lapse of 8 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy Institute (NORI), Islamabad. hmrmahmood692005@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Humera
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faheem
authors.forename: Asghar Hussain
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Asghar
authors.forename: Javaid
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Irfan
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D017741:Survivors