Oligometastatic disease and visceral resections in advanced malignant melanoma: a propensity-matched analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Malignant melanoma is among the tumours with the highest increase in incidence of solid tumours in Germany. While most patients are diagnosed at an early stage and show a good prognosis, advanced stages of malignant melanoma are accompanied with a poor prognosis and limited treatment options. Comparable to other tumour entities, the resection of visceral metastases could lead to a better prognosis. Supplementary, the subgroup of oligometastatic patients might benefit from surgical therapy to a greater extent.

Methods

This retrospective study analysed 351 patients treated between 2006 and 2017 at the University Hospital of Cologne. A total of 121 patients showed visceral metastases, with which we compared patients with a diffuse tumour spread to patients in an oligome

SUBMITTER: Urbanski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9867670 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature