The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Metastatic Melanoma in the Brain

Brain metastasis is common in patients with melanoma and represents a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. There have been no specific randomized trials for patients with melanoma brain metastasis, so treatment is based on management of brain metastasis in general and requires multidiscipli...

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Autores principales: Hong, Angela, Fogarty, Gerald, Izard, Michael A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3332202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22577532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/294735
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description Brain metastasis is common in patients with melanoma and represents a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. There have been no specific randomized trials for patients with melanoma brain metastasis, so treatment is based on management of brain metastasis in general and requires multidisciplinary expertise including radiation oncology, neurosurgery, medical oncology, and palliative care. In this paper, we summarize the prognosis, general management, and the role of radiation therapy in the management of metastatic melanoma in the brain.
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spelling pubmed-33322022012-05-10 The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Metastatic Melanoma in the Brain Hong, Angela Fogarty, Gerald Izard, Michael A. Int J Surg Oncol Review Article Brain metastasis is common in patients with melanoma and represents a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. There have been no specific randomized trials for patients with melanoma brain metastasis, so treatment is based on management of brain metastasis in general and requires multidisciplinary expertise including radiation oncology, neurosurgery, medical oncology, and palliative care. In this paper, we summarize the prognosis, general management, and the role of radiation therapy in the management of metastatic melanoma in the brain. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3332202/ /pubmed/22577532 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/294735 Text en Copyright © 2012 Angela Hong et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Metastatic Melanoma in the Brain
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3332202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22577532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/294735
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