In Nodal Metastatic Melanoma, Radiation May Be New Standard of Care
05 de Noviembre de 2009
In melanoma patients with lymph node involvement, the use of radiation following lymphadectomy provided "dramatic improvement in local control" and "may be the new standard of care" for these patients.
This enthusiastic assessment came from the discussant of a new 217-patient melanoma study that was presented during the plenary session here at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 51st Annual Meeting.
The discussant, Matthew Ballo, MD, from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, was commenting on a phase 2 Australian study that shows, for the first time, that adjuvant radiation reduces the chance of melanoma returning.
