Spontaneous regression of metastatic melanoma - Clinical evidence of the abscopal effect

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-41

  Bramhall, R J ^a   Mahady, K ^a   Peach, A H S ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Spontaneous regression metastatic melanoma abscopal effect

Indexed keywords

MELPHALAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER CELL; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIATHERMY; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; LIMB PERFUSION; LUNG LESION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; METASTASIS; METASTATIC MELANOMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PELVIS CANCER; PELVIS METASTASIS; PERFORATOR FLAP; PIGMENTATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR; VASCULAR ACCESS; WIDE EXCISION;

SPONTANEOUS REGRESSION METASTATIC MELANOMA ABSCOPAL EFFECT;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84892543965     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2013.09.026     Document Type: Article

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