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View larger version (55K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. In 1990, a 55-year-old woman presented with an acral lentiginous melanoma of the left sole. A radical extirpation of the tumor (tumor stage, T2; tumor thickness, 1.5 mm) and an elective dissection of the inguinal lymph nodes were performed. Neither regional nor distant metastases were found, and adjuvant therapy with interferon alfa-2b was started, which lasted for 12 months. Two years later, neoplastic cells had spread to the skin of the lower left leg. The use of isolated cytostatic limb perfusion was rejected because of enlarged pelvic lymph nodes. Despite treatment with interleukin-2 and the cytostatic drug . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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