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	<title>Malignant Melanoma &#187; Surgery</title>
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	<description>Evidence for patients and health professionals - blog, research, publications, surgery</description>
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		<title>Treatment of in-transit metastatic melanoma</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Professor Meirion Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[in-transit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[isolated limb perfusion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When melanoma spreads, it does so invariably by the lymphatic system which drains to the regional lymph nodes.  Uncommonly, melanoma can become trapped in the lymphatic vessels and grow to cause tumour nodules in the skin called in-transit disease which has its own highly specialised treament methods and outcomes.]]></description>
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		<title>Excision surgery: the basics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Professor Meirion Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wide excision and excision are biopsies explained]]></description>
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		<title>Lymph Node Surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.malignant-melanoma.org/surgery/lymph-node-dissection-surgery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Professor Meirion Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Lymphadenectomy surgery is used when melanoma spreads to the lymphatics, in an attempt to remove cancerous nodes and stem further spread. The procedure is sometimes used diagnostically.]]></description>
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