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The use of electrochemotherapy (ECT) in the management of malignant melanoma in the clinically frail patient: a case report

Authors: Mona Saad, Paolo Matteucci

Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery | Issue 6/2020

Abstract

The management of sinister cutaneous lesions including malignant melanoma in the clinically frail patient tends to present clinicians with a professional and ethical dilemma on the optimal but yet least invasive management option. We present a case of an 80-year-old female with numerous co-morbidities, presenting with metastatic melanoma, in which electrochemotherapy (ECT) was successfully used to manage her debilitating symptoms of intractable bleeding.

Level of evidence: Level V, therapeutic study.

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Title: The use of electrochemotherapy (ECT) in the management of malignant melanoma in the clinically frail patient: a case report
Authors: Mona Saad
Paolo Matteucci
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Metastasis
Melanoma
Melanoma
Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery / Issue 6/2020
Print ISSN: 0930-343X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-0130
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-020-01641-z

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The use of electrochemotherapy (ECT) in the management of malignant melanoma in the clinically frail patient: a case report

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