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Radiation therapy for advanced and metastatic melanoma
Author(s) -
Fogarty Gerald B.,
Hong Angela
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.23509
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , multidisciplinary approach , melanoma , systemic therapy , metastatic melanoma , medical physics , modality (human–computer interaction) , quality of life (healthcare) , disease , cancer , oncology , cancer research , nursing , social science , human–computer interaction , sociology , breast cancer , computer science
Radiation therapy (RT) is an important modality in cancer treatment. However, the general perception is that melanoma is radio‐resistant. High quality clinical trials are helping to establish the place of RT in select scenarios of advanced disease at primary, regional, and distant sites. New RT techniques need to be integrated with effective new systemic therapies within a multidisciplinary environment to ensure optimum patient outcomes. It is important that radiation oncologists embrace this opportunity. J. Surg. Oncol. 2014 109:370–375 . © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.