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- Title
Cytoreductive surgery and adjuvant immunotherapy: a new management paradigm for metastatic melanoma.
- Authors
Morton, Donald L.; Ollila, David W.; Morton, D L; Ollila, D W; Hsueh, E C; Essner, R; Gupta, R K
- Abstract
Although patients with metastatic disease are usually not offered surgery as part of their comprehensive treatment plan, the authors suggest that surgical reduction of the tumor burden may enhance the host immune response and create a favorable setting for the use of active specific immunotherapy.
- Subjects
METASTASIS; CANCER treatment; MELANOMA treatment; COMBINED modality therapy; COMPARATIVE studies; IMMUNOTHERAPY; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MELANOMA; RESEARCH; EVALUATION research
- Publication
CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 1999, Vol 49, Issue 2, p101
- ISSN
0007-9235
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3322/canjclin.49.2.101