POTENTIALS OF RADIOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF ISOLATED CUTANEOUS MELANOMA METASTATIC TO THE LIVER

Abstract

The paper describes a case of successful palliative radiotherapy for solitary cutaneous melanoma metastatic to the liver in an 82-year-old male patient with age-related concomitant cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The high risk forced surgery to be avoided. When the procedure of radiation is adequate, its responses are moderate.

Keywords

palliative treatment / radiation therapy / metastatic cutaneous melanoma

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