Melanoma Treatment Costs

Hospitalisation costs of metastatic melanoma in France; the MELISSA study (MELanoma In hoSpital coSts Assessment)

BACKGROUND Management of metastatic melanoma is changing rapidly following the introduction of innovative effective therapies, with consequences for the allocation of healthcare resources. The objective of this study was to assess hospitalisation costs of metastatic melanoma in France from 2011 to 2013 from the perspective of the government payer. METHODS The population studied corresponded t...

New therapeutical approaches for the treatment of malignant Melanoma

[Descriptive study of the costs of diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous melanoma].

INTRODUCTION Every year, health expenditure in Spain increases and, with it, the resources dedicated to cancer treatment. Cutaneous melanoma is the skin cancer with the highest morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES We performed a descriptive study of the costs, based on a theoretical model, to determine the healthcare expenditure for patients with cutaneous melanoma; the objective was to define...

Melanoma Treatment and New Alternative Targets for Melanoma Treatment

Melanoma is the most lethal form of skin cancer. Until 2011, the favored therapy was chemotherapy despite their low efficiency. Spectacular progresses were made in melanoma treatment using targeted therapies anti-BRAFV600E / anti-MEK and immunotherapy antiCTLA-4 / anti PD-1. Unfortunately, more than 50% of patients present intrinsic or acquire resistance and are in treatment failure. So identif...

[Treatment of conjunctival melanoma].

CLINICAL CASE The cases of an 86 year-old woman and a 61 year-old man with conjunctival pigmented tumors are presented. An excisional biopsy, conjunctival cryotherapy and amniotic membrane grafts were performed in both cases, along with the application of mitomycin-C in the postoperative period. The histology study confirmed the clinical suspicion of melanoma. Tolerance was good during the foll...