Detection of perioperative circulating melanoma cells: a clinical trial in patients with malignant melanoma undergoing lymph-node dissection [ READ ]
A. Gottschalk, G. Brodner, H.K. Van Aken, C. Wempe and G. Brunner
Background. Resection of malignant melanoma (MM) during spinal anaesthesia may lead to a better long-term prognosis, with fewer metastases, due to reduced compromise of the immune system with regional anaesthesia. This study investigated whether the immune system is a major factor and whether MM is a systemic disease.
A. Gottschalk, G. Brodner, H.K. Van Aken, C. Wempe and G. Brunner
Background. Resection of malignant melanoma (MM) during spinal anaesthesia may lead to a better long-term prognosis, with fewer metastases, due to reduced compromise of the immune system with regional anaesthesia. This study investigated whether the immune system is a major factor and whether MM is a systemic disease.
