Abstract | INTRODUCTION: METHOD: RESULTS: The total number of lesions ablated was 559 in 16 patients on 91 separate occasions. The mean number of lesions ablated at each treatment was 6 (range 4-200) and the mean number of treatments per patient was 5.7 (range 1-14). All patients had undergone previous surgical procedures for disease control (total 28, range 1-4). Ten patients remained clinically disease-free at 1-year follow-up. Of these ten patients. six achieved remission with a median time from first ablation of 7.5 years (range 2-10 years). CONCLUSION:
Carbon dioxide laser ablation should be offered as first-line treatment in the management of cutaneous malignant melanoma metastases. A subgroup of patients were clinically disease-free with no systemic progression, following treatment, the reasons for which have not yet been fully explained.
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Authors | Nanda Kandamany, Peter Mahaffey |
Journal | Lasers in medical science
(Lasers Med Sci)
Vol. 24
Issue 3
Pg. 411-4
(May 2009)
ISSN: 1435-604X [Electronic] England |
PMID | 18566850
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Female
- Humans
- Laser Therapy
(methods)
- Lasers, Gas
(therapeutic use)
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Male
- Melanoma
(pathology, secondary, surgery)
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
- Skin Neoplasms
(pathology, radiotherapy)
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