This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Stehlin, J. S. Articles by Anderson, R. F. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Stehlin, J. S., Jr. Articles by Anderson, R. F.

Results of Eleven Years' Experience with Heated Perfusion for Melanoma of the Extremities¹

Department of Surgery, and the St. Joseph Hospital Laboratory for Cancer Research, Houston, Texas 77002

Eleven years have elapsed since we first added heat to regional perfusion for treatment of melanoma of the extremities. This report describes briefly our laboratory findings and our technique of hyperthermic perfusion and brings up to date the survival figures for the 165 patients (185 perfusions) which were originally reported in 1975 (Stehlin et al., Surg. Gynecol. Obstet., 122: 3–14, 1966).

A dramatic increase in the survival rate is documented for those patients with recurrent melanoma confined to the extremities.

¹ Presented at the Conference on Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment, September 15 and 16, 1978, San Diego, Calif. This work was supported by The Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research.