My Malignant Melanoma
Seanty's experiences with Metastatic Malignant Melanoma. Part of www.mymalignantmelanoma.com. Email us direct at help@mymalignantmelanoma.comTuesday, 3 November 2009
Radiotherapy against MM- The latest from Aus.
The Australians have been using radiotherapy after wide area excision of melanoma for quite a while, and include it in their equivalent of the NICE guidelines. No surprise then that the latest study showing a certain degree of qualified success with radiotherapy comes from there.
None too impressive results though: Though by the end of the study, 19 percent of the radiation patients had experienced a local nodal relapse of their melanoma, compared with 31 percent of patients who did not undergo postoperative radiation treatment, overall survival was not affected.
None too impressive results though: Though by the end of the study, 19 percent of the radiation patients had experienced a local nodal relapse of their melanoma, compared with 31 percent of patients who did not undergo postoperative radiation treatment, overall survival was not affected.
Labels: Australia, Melanoma, NICE, Radiotherapy
Archives
August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]