Cytoreductive surgery and adjuvant immunotherapy: A new management paradigm for metastatic melanoma

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作者
Morton, DL [1 ]
Ollila, DW
Hsueh, EC
Essner, R
Gupta, RK
机构
[1] St Johns Hlth Ctr, John Wayne Ctr Inst, Santa Monica, CA USA
[2] Univ N Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA
[3] John Wayne Ctr Inst, Lab Prot Biochem & Tumor Markers, Santa Monica, CA USA
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10.3322/canjclin.49.2.101
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
摘要
Although patients with metastatic disease are usually not offered surgery as part of their comprehensive treatment plan, the authors suggest that surgical reduction of the tumor burden may enhance the host immune response and create a favorable setting for the use of active specific immunotherapy.
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