Metastatic melanoma to the liver: A contemporary and comprehensive review of surgical, systemic, and regional therapeutic options

Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 781-789

  Agarwala, Sanjiv S ^a   Eggermont, Alexander M M ^b   O'Day, Steven ^c   Zager, Jonathan S ^d  

^a ST LUKE S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Beverly Hills Cancer Center   (United States)

^d H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

chemoembolization; cutaneous melanoma; hepatic intra arterial infusion; hepatic metastases; ocular melanoma; perfusion; review; surgery; systemic therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BEVACIZUMAB; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOXORUBICIN; FOTEMUSTINE; GEMCITABINE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMATINIB; INTERLEUKIN 2; IPILIMUMAB; LOMUSTINE; MELPHALAN; MITOMYCIN; PACLITAXEL; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; SUNITINIB; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TREOSULFAN; VINCRISTINE;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; EYE MELANOMA; EYE TUMOR; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; METASTATIC MELANOMA; METASTATIC OCULAR MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERCUTANEOUS HEPATIC PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; REGIONAL PERFUSION; REVIEW;

CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; HEPATIC INTRA-ARTERIAL INFUSION; HEPATIC METASTASES; OCULAR MELANOMA; PERFUSION; REVIEW; SURGERY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; CHEMOTHERAPY, CANCER, REGIONAL PERFUSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896710920     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28480     Document Type: Review

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