Mahmood Humera, Faheem Mohammad, Asghar Asghar Hussain, Irfan Javaid
Department of Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy Institute (NORI), Islamabad.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2010 Dec;20(12):832-4.
Malignant melanoma is notorious for distant metastases. Median survival for stage IV melanoma is 6-10 months and 5 year survival is less than 5%. Median survival for melanoma with brain metastases is even lower i.e. 2 to 9 months. Here a case is reported who was treated for melanoma of sole of left foot with ipsilateral inguinal adenopathy and brain metastases in 2001 and is still surviving disease-free after a lapse of 8 years.
恶性黑色素瘤因远处转移而声名狼藉。IV期黑色素瘤的中位生存期为6至10个月，5年生存率低于5%。伴有脑转移的黑色素瘤中位生存期更低，即2至9个月。本文报告了一例2001年因左足底黑色素瘤伴同侧腹股沟淋巴结病及脑转移接受治疗的患者，8年后仍无病存活。
