When is surgery for metastatic melanoma still the most appropriate treatment option?

Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2018 Oct;18(10):943-945. doi: 10.1080/14737140.2018.1508346. Epub 2018 Aug 9.

Authors

Erica B Friedman¹, Peter M Ferguson^{1

2

3}, John F Thompson^{1

4

3}

Affiliations

¹ a Melanoma Institute Australia , The University of Sydney , North Sydney , Australia.
² b Department of Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology , Royal Prince Alfred Hospital , Camperdown , Australia.
³ d The Faculty of Medicine and Health , The University of Sydney , Sydney , NSW , Australia.
⁴ c Department of Melanoma and Surgical Oncology , Royal Prince Alfred Hospital , Camperdown , NSW , Australia.

PMID: 30071762
DOI: 10.1080/14737140.2018.1508346

No abstract available

Keywords: Adjuvant therapy; melanoma; metastases; multidisciplinary care; surgery; systemic therapy.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Melanoma / diagnosis
Melanoma / pathology
Melanoma / surgery*
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / methods*