Author:
Cumberlin R,De Moss E,Lassus M,Friedman M
Abstract
The role of perfusion, normothermic and hyperthermic, in the curative treatment of melanoma remains controversial. Survival appears to be somewhat improved over that of surgery alone in all stages, especially with hyperthermic perfusion, but all comparisons have been retrospective and uncontrolled. In addition to the usual problems with historical controls, melanoma presents its own special problems because of its unpredictable natural history in any given individual and the multiplicity of factors known to affect prognosis. It is unfortunate that hundreds of patients have been treated in uncontrolled studies. Randomized trials continue to be necessary to define this role and even then careful attention will have to be paid to the distribution of known prognostic factors in each group to insure a comparable cohort of patients. The response of melanoma to perfusion is clearly significant, however, and the response rate seems to be improved with hyperthermic perfusion. Hyperthermic perfusion appears to be a useful palliative treatment for locally advanced melanoma of the extremity, especially for which the alternative surgical therapy would be amputation.
Publisher
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
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