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Metastasectomy and active specific immunotherapy for a large single melanoma metastasis
A Baars1, J M G H van Riel, M A Cuesta
1Department of Medical Oncology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. a.baars.oncol@med.vu.nl
Hepato-Gastroenterology
|June 18, 2002
Abstract:
A patient with a large duodenal melanoma metastasis, involving adjacent jejunum and colon, is presented. Treatment consisted of a combination of radical surgery and active specific immunotherapy by means of an autologous tumor cell vaccine and BCG after which a recurrence-free survival of now more than 10 years has been observed. The role of surgery and immunotherapy in the treatment of metastatic melanoma are discussed.