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KMID : 0942820040030010042
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Journal of Korean Brain Tumor Society
2004 Volume.3 No. 1 p.42 ~ p.45
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Intracerebral Metastatic Melanoma：Case Report and Review of the Literature of Korea
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Choi Seung-Jin
Ji Cheol
Ahn Jae-Geun
Min Ki-Ouk
Kim Moon-Chan
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Abstract
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Malignant melanoma is a rare cancer in Korea as opposed to in Western countries, but its incidence is beginning to rise. The high tendency of a brain metastasis is a characteristic feature of this cancer and that is considerably related to the patient’s prognosis. However, a brain metastasis as a result of this tumor has been rarely reported in Korea particularly in the aspect of the specific treatment modalities and their outcomes. With reporting a patient with multiple brain metastases of malignant melanoma accompanied with a tumoral hemorrhage, the authors suggest that more aggressive trials of various treatments as well as an estimation of the outcomes will be needed despite the fact that a current multidisciplinary treatment has not yet increased the long term survival.
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KEYWORD
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Malignant melanoma, Brain metastasis, Tumoral hemorrhage, Korean literatures
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