Open AccessA case of long-term disease control in a patient with disseminated melanoma with synchronous detection of multiple brain metastases
Author(s) -
М. И. Куржупов
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
issledovaniâ i praktika v medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2410-1893
pISSN - 2409-2231
DOI - 10.17709/2409-2231-2018-5-4-10
Subject(s) - medicine , radiosurgery , melanoma , neurosurgery , immunotherapy , brain metastasis , radiation therapy , disease , oncology , stage (stratigraphy) , metastasis , surgery , cancer , cancer research , paleontology , biology
The article presents clinical trials data of melanoma with brain metastasis and a clinical case of long-term survival of a patient with disseminated skin melanoma and synchronous multiple metastatic brain damage by controlling a tumor disease using modern antitumor treatment, including targeted therapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy, radiosurgery and neurosurgery (at the stage of diagnosis). The total duration of life after detection of the disease is 22 months, with an expected 2-3 months.