Oral malignant melanoma – the effect of coarse fractionation radiotherapy alone or with adjuvant carboplatin therapy |
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Authors: | S Murphy A M Hayes L Blackwood G Maglennon H Pattinson A H Sparkes |
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Institution: | Centre for Small Animal Studies, Animal Health Trust, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk, UK; Small Animal Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK |
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Abstract: | A retrospective study was undertaken of dogs presented to the Animal Health Trust for treatment of oral malignant melanoma, without radiographic evidence of pulmonary metastases. Group 1 (n = 13) received radiotherapy of the primary and any lymph node metastases (4 weekly fractions of 9 Gy); and group 2 (n = 15) were treated the same but additionally received between two and six doses carboplatin at 300 mg m?2 every 3 weeks. Median survival times for the two groups were 307 and 286 days, respectively (P > 0.05). In addition, carboplatin therapy did not significantly reduce the proportion of dogs dying due to metastases (three from group 1 and four from group 2). We found no evidence of a beneficial effect of carboplatin therapy over radiotherapy alone. |
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Keywords: | canine carboplatin melanoma oral radiotherapy |
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