Surgery for Gastrointestinal Metastases of Malignant Melanoma - a Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study (SurgMelMet)

Vastra Gotaland Region

Status: Completed

Conditions: Melanoma Metastatic; Abdominal Tumor; Melanoma Stage Iv

Treatments: Procedure: Abdominal surgery with metastasectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03879395

SurgMelMet

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim is to conduct a single centre retrospective study of all patients with stage IV melanoma that underwent surgery for metastases at Sahlgrenska University Hospital between 2010-01-01 and 2018-12-31. Pre- and postoperative data will be collected from digital medical records, the Swedish Cancer Registry, the Swedish Cause of Death Register as well as from the national Swedish cancer patient database (INCA). If needed, patient records will be collected from other hospitals. Results will be presented in written format as a summary and analysis of the characteristics of the cases operated on during the inclusion period.

The aim is to identify predictive and prognostic factors for outcome and complications in the surgical treatment of stage IV metastatic melanoma.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Biopsy verified stage IV malignant melanoma, stage M1c.
• Having undergone surgery with metastasectomy of melanoma tumors.

Exclusion criteria

• retroperitoneal tumors

Trial design

15 participants in 1 patient group

Cohort

Description:

Patients with stage IV malignant melanoma with abdominal metastasis (M1c) that underwent abdominal surgery with metastasectomy during the study period.

Treatment:

Procedure: Abdominal surgery with metastasectomy