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Croatian medical journal · Jun 2007
Case ReportsEffective treatment of multiple unresectable skin melanoma metastases by electrochemotherapy.
- Marko Snoj, Maja Cemazar, Breda Slekovec Kolar, and Gregor Sersa.
- Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Croat. Med. J. 2007 Jun 1; 48 (3): 391-5.
AbstractMultiple unresectable melanoma skin metastases pose a treatment problem, especially in centers where isolated limb perfusion is not available. We report the case of a 59-year-old woman who developed multiple small unresectable cutaneous melanoma metastases on the thigh after her lower limb was amputated. Electrochemotherapy with bleomycin resulted in good local control of the disease, with a complete response of the treated melanoma nodules (224 tumor nodules) after 4 treatment sessions. Comparison between electrochemotherapy using repetition frequency of the applied electric pulses of 1 Hz and 5 kHz demonstrated equal antitumor effectiveness. Electrochemotherapy with intravenous bleomycin can also be used as a treatment of choice for local control of multiple unresectable cutaneous melanoma skin metastases.
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