... early detection. In contrast, prognosis for patients with advanced melanoma remains poor although considerable progress has been made ... case-series has described the spontaneous regression of advanced melanoma in patients on long-term 3 azothioprine for ...

... Atkins et al., 1999). Early attempts to treat advanced melanoma with chemotherapy or immunotherapy only produced responses in ... 2008). Vemurafenib did well in clinical trials against advanced melanomas having the V600E-mutated BRAF and became standard ...

... if a patient has a condition such as advanced melanoma where stan- dard treatment does not work and ...

... youth, and is seldom seen in mature or advanced age. Melanoma, as the dis- ease is designated by the ...

... Am. M. Ass., 1943, 123: 304. Castration for advanced malignant growth; short historical review with a case report. Radiology, 1944, 43: 272-4. ------ & Birnkrant, M. Melanoma; a review of 32 cases admitted to the ...

... misreading account for most diagnostic delays in malignant melanoma. BANS lesions are diag- nosed at more advanced stages, possibly a result of longer diagnostic delays. ...

... including glioblastoma, acoustic neuroma and arteriovenous malformations • Intraocular melanomas • Pituitary neoplasms • Chordomas and chondrosarcomas • Advanced, unresectable tumors of the head and neck • Malignant ...

... while cancer is observed more frequently at an advanced age. II. Anatomical ... cholesteatoma. Very rare are: papilloma, fibroma, lipoma, enchondroma, ...

... Plate II, Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 ; Melanoma, Plate III, Fig. 6. For illustrations of enlargement ... 143, 144 and 150; R. Carswell, op. cit., Melanoma, Plate III, Fig. 5. In the same connection ...

... therapy, in both the early stage and the advanced setting, has become the standard ... to vemurafenib in melanoma; 40% to 60% of all melanomas carry this ...