Major amputation for intractable extremity melanoma after failure of isolated limb perfusion

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-99

  Kapma, M R ^a   Vrouenraets, B C ^a   Nieweg, O E ^a   van Geel, A N ^b   Noorda, E M ^a   Eggermont, A M M ^b   Kroon, B B R ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amputation; Extremity; Isolated limb perfusion; Melanoma; Recurrence; Survival

Indexed keywords

MELPHALAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB PERFUSION; LIMB TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, CANCER, REGIONAL PERFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LEG; MALE; MELANOMA; MELPHALAN; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 12144284374     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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