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Meeting abstracts Our aim was to describe our experience with surgery after High-dose Interleukin-2 (HD IL-2) therapy in patients who were eligible for complete metastasectomy after treatment. A retrospective chart review was performed on patients with metastatic melanoma seen at Saint Louis

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  • Our aim was to describe our experience with surgery after High-dose Interleukin-2 (HD IL-2) therapy in patients who were eligible for complete metastasectomy after treatment

  • A retrospective chart review was performed on patients with metastatic melanoma seen at Saint Louis University from January 1999-June 2011 who were partial responders to HD IL-2 therapy (720,000 IU/kg per dose intravenously; 14 doses, 2 cycles per course, maximum 2 courses)

  • Survival estimates for patients that were able to undergo complete metastasectomy after HD IL-2 were compared to established expected duration of survival with systemic therapy alone from the MSLT-1 trial

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Our aim was to describe our experience with surgery after High-dose Interleukin-2 (HD IL-2) therapy in patients who were eligible for complete metastasectomy after treatment. Complete metastasectomy after high-dose interleukin-2 (HD IL-2) therapy for melanoma Background Our aim was to describe our experience with surgery after High-dose Interleukin-2 (HD IL-2) therapy in patients who were eligible for complete metastasectomy after treatment.

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