Surgery for gastrointestinal metastases of malignant melanoma - a retrospective exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cutaneous melanoma has a rapidly increasing incidence in Sweden, and it has more than doubled in the last two decades. In recent years, new systemic treatments for patients with metastatic disease have increased overall survival. The role of surgery in the metastatic setting has been unclear, and no randomized data exist. Many surgeons still perform metastasectomies; however, the exact role probably has to be redefined. The aim of this single-institution study was to retrospectively examine the safety and efficacy of surgery in abdominal melanoma metastases and to identify prognostic and predictive factors.

Methods

Retrospective analysis of a consecutive series of all patients with stage IV melanoma with gastrointestinal metastases that underwent abdominal surgery

SUBMITTER: Holmberg CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626391 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature