A feasibility study of circulating melanoma cells in the perioperative context of hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion (HILP) in 20 patients.

Dimosthenis MichelakisKonstantinos LasithiotakisIppokratis MessaritakisChristos V IoannouKostas PerisynakisIoannis SouglakosDimitrios StamatiouGregory ChlouverakisEelco de BreeIoannis RomanosOdysseas Zoras

Published in: International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group (2021)

TM-HILP is associated with increased levels of CMCs, but there was no association of this increase with survival. Patients with complete response to HILP demonstrate higher values of MITF shortly after the operation.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
patients undergoing
prognostic factors
cardiac surgery
magnetic resonance imaging
patient reported outcomes