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Radiotherapy

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A majority of malignant melanomas are resistant to radiotherapy but good results have been reported from the primary treatment of lentigo maligna melanoma and ocular melanoma (1).

The use of radiotherapy is therefore on a symptomatic basis.

  • treatment of painful metastatic bone disease and brain secondaries
  • sometimes used to palliate disease at many sites, particularly cutaneous metastatic deposits
  • response rate is 40% at best

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