Case report: Neoadjuvant systemic therapy for melanoma
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Author(s)
Gabuniya, Natiya
Khajuria, Ankur
Geh, Jenny
Alsaadi, Daniah
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We report a case of rapidly enlarging metastatic melanoma in 45-year-old White male following primary resection of thin melanoma five years ago. Location and large size of the lesion possessed significant risk of complications from surgery, therefore provided a challenge in treatment options. Neoadjuvant targeted chemotherapy was commenced and resulted in a significant reduction in size of the lesion, which allowed subsequent safe surgical resection with no residual disease on histopathology results. This case provides a good example of successful utilization of neoadjuvant systemic therapy in advanced metastatic melanoma.
Date Issued
2020-07-01
Date Acceptance
2020-05-08
Citation
Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2020, 55, pp.177-179
ISSN
2049-0801
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
177
End Page
179
Journal / Book Title
Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
Volume
55
Copyright Statement
Crown Copyright © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of IJS Publishing Group Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/).
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-05-25