Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Visceral lesions occurring during follow-up of melanoma patients: a true place for other diagnosis than melanoma metastasis

Abstract

Background  Diagnosis of melanoma metastasis is often based on a combination of clinical and radiological examinations in patients with a past history of melanoma. Chemotherapeutic treatment is often proposed without histological proof of the metastatic status.


Objective  The aim of this study was to investigate a cohort of melanoma patients with invasive diagnostic procedures (IDPs) for pathological confirmation of metastasis in case of suspicious visceral lesions.


Methods  A total of 109 melanoma patients with IDPs for suspicious visceral lesion(s) were included. Data about primary melanoma, IDPs characteristics, pathological result and therapeutic consequence ...

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