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12633838

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-3-13
pubmed:abstractText
Metastatic malignant melanoma remains a highly lethal disease with an incidence that continues to rise. Management of melanoma includes definitive local, regional and distant control. There is substantial prospective and retrospective data to base the extent of both primary as well as adjuvant therapy. The results of these trials have on occasion been at odds. A critical assessment of the available information pertaining to the adjuvant treatment of cutaneous melanoma is needed. This review provides a critical assessment of the current data that is available to guide both primary resection as well as adjuvant therapy. To date, current trials have shown little promise with nonspecific immunostimulants and cytotoxic chemotherapy. In contrast, dose interferon-alpha2b has been shown to improve relapse-free survival and likely improves melanoma-specific survival as well. Based on the available data, interferon-alpha2b remains the adjuvant therapy of choice for high-risk patients treated outside clinical trials, and the appropriate control arm for clinical trials evaluating new or modified adjuvant regimens.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1040-8428
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
245-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Malignant melanoma: current state of primary and adjuvant treatment.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0031, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review