title: Treatment of melanoma metastases in a limb by isolated limb perfusion and isolated limb infusion.
abstract: In-transit melanoma metastases are often confined to a limb. In this circumstance, treatment by isolated limb perfusion or isolated limb infusion can be a remarkably effective regional treatment option.
authors.affiliation: Melanoma and Sarcoma Division, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy. alessandro.testori@ieo.it.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Testori
authors.forename: Cornelis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Verhoef
authors.forename: Hidde M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kroon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pennacchioli
authors.forename: Mark B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Faries
authors.forename: Alexander M M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Eggermont
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010478:Chemotherapy, Cancer, Regional Perfusion; D005121:Extremities / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D008558:Melphalan / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D008558:Melphalan