Surgical management of distant melanoma metastases.

摘要: Disseminated melanoma remains a tumour that is poorly responsive to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. However, this review demonstrates surgical removal of visceral metastases such as at the, lung or digestive sites, well the brain, yields consistent median survivals, often longer than 12 months, long-term survivors. Such surgery followed by little complication cost low perioperative mortality. Our experience tends confirm complete debulking offers survivors compared partial. Also, one site metastases, whatever its anatomical location, when operated on, gives better chance for survival there are multiple sites.