The appearance of distant metastases in a patient with malignant melanoma usually prophesies an early death: median survival is only 5 to 8 months. Surgery definitely can palliate certain patients and lead to a prolongation of life for others. In selected surgical candidates, an isolated nonvisceral
Locally metastatic melanoma
โ Scribed by F. H. J. Rampen; R. W. Griffiths
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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