Skin Cancer
Online ISSN : 1884-3549
Print ISSN : 0915-3535
ISSN-L : 0915-3535
Treatment of hepatic metastases of cutaneous melanoma with hepatic trans-arterial chemoembolization using cisplatin and gelatin sponge: a report of three cases
Yasuhiro FUJISAWAYasuhiro NAKAMURAMasashi ISHIKAWAYoshihiro UMEBAYASHIFujio OTSUKA
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2005 Volume 20 Issue 1 Pages 70-74

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Three patients with cutaneous malignant melanoma metastatic to the liver were treated in our institute, two with hepatic chemoembolization using cisplatin and gelatin sponge, and one with hepatic trans-arterial infusion using cisplatin only. Complete response was observed in one patient who survived without recurrence for 62 months. The patient with stable disease survived for 22 months ; the patient with progressive disease survived for 9 months but both died with tumor progression. In general, melanoma is fatal for patients with liver metastasis. The median survival time was estimated at only 4-7 months. We considered this therapy adequate therapy for melanoma patients with liver metastasis, for a prolonged survival time with less treatment related morbidity. [Skin Cancer (Japan) 2005; 20: 70-74]
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