1996
Prolonged Survival in Patients with Advanced Melanoma Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Resection
Sasson H, Poo W, Bakas M, Ariyan S. Prolonged Survival in Patients with Advanced Melanoma Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Resection. Annals Of Plastic Surgery 1996, 37: 286-292. PMID: 8883727, DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199609000-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStart of chemotherapySite of metastasisSurgical resectionPerformance statusResidual metastasesNeoadjuvant chemotherapyCombination chemotherapyMetastatic melanomaRetrospective analysisCompletion of chemotherapyCycles of chemotherapyConcomitant medical problemsDistant lymph nodesInitiation of therapySimilar clinical characteristicsTreatment of choiceNew combination regimensSignificant survival advantageDuration of survivalHigh response rateStable diseaseRecurrent diseaseClinical characteristicsMedian durationPartial response
1983
Tomographic Gallium-67 Citrate Scanning Useful New Surveillance for Metastatic Melanoma
KIRKWOOD J, MYERS J, VLOCK D, NEUMANN R, ARIYAN S, GOTTSCHALK A, HOFFER P. Tomographic Gallium-67 Citrate Scanning Useful New Surveillance for Metastatic Melanoma. Annals Of Surgery 1983, 198: 102-107. PMID: 6859984, PMCID: PMC1352941, DOI: 10.1097/00000658-198307000-00020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLymph nodesMetastatic melanomaTomographic scanBone sitesEvident lymph nodesIndependent clinical evaluationProspective surveillance studyPeripheral lymph nodesSoft tissue sitesLymphatic sitesMediastinal sitesGallium scanGallium imagingPulmonary sitesClinical evaluationTomographic scanningAbdominal sitesGallium uptakeBrain sitesOsseous sitesSurveillance studyDiscordant findingsTissue sitesOverall sensitivityMelanoma
1982
Tomographic gallium-67 citrate scanning: useful new surveillance for metastatic melanoma.
Kirkwood J, Myers J, Vlock D, Neumann R, Ariyan S, Gottschalk A, Hoffer P. Tomographic gallium-67 citrate scanning: useful new surveillance for metastatic melanoma. Annals Of Internal Medicine 1982, 97: 694-9. PMID: 7137734, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-97-5-694.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLymph nodesMetastatic melanomaTomographic scanBone sitesEvident lymph nodesIndependent clinical evaluationProspective surveillance studyPeripheral lymph nodesSoft tissue sitesLymphatic sitesMediastinal sitesGallium scanGallium imagingPulmonary sitesClinical evaluationTomographic scanningAbdominal sitesGallium uptakeBrain sitesOsseous sitesSurveillance studyDiscordant findingsTissue sitesOverall sensitivityMelanoma