Oncology
doi: 10.25005/2074-0581-2022-24-4-491-501
MODERN METHODS OF LOCAL TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH UVEAL MELANOMA WITH LIVER METASTASES

L.O. Petrov1, V.V. Kucherov1, E.A. Kruglov2, A.P. Petrosyan1, V.V. Nazarova3, V.M. Unguryan2

1A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center – branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Center, Obninsk, Russian Federation
2Oncology Clinical Center in Kostroma, Kostroma, Russian Federation
3N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Moscow, Russian Federation

Uveal melanoma (UM) is a common malignant tumor of the eye, more aggressive than skin melanoma, resistant to anticancer drug treatment, having a poor prognosis and a high potential for metastasis, which is often limited to the liver and in up to 90% of cases unresectable. The median overall survival in these patients is 7 months. Progression-free survival is significantly higher in the topical versus systemic chemotherapy group. Local therapy includes transarterial chemoembolization, immunoembolization, radioembolization, and isolated liver chemoperfusion. The latter is a promising method and provides a high concentration of a chemotherapy treatment confined to the liver exceeding the allowable for systemic chemotherapy, thus preventing systemic toxicity. The provision of regional hyperthermia and hyperoxia potentiates the therapeutic effect. The use of this method for UM metastases limited to the liver showed the highest median overall survival of 17.1-24 months. Due to technical complexity and resource intensity, the global cumulative experience is about 300 procedures. Unsatisfactory results of systemic antitumor treatment for UM liver metastases prompt us to look for new ways of local treatment.

Keywords: Uveal melanoma, liver metastases, isolated liver chemoperfusion, transarterial liver chemoembolization, liver radioembolization, liver immunoembolization.

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Authors' information:

Petrov Leonid Olegovich
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Head of the Department of Radiation and Surgical Treatment of Abdominal Diseases, A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center – branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Center
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6272-9647
SPIN: 4559-3613
Author ID: 665865
E-mail: leonid_petrov@mail.ru

Kucherov Valeriy Vladimirovich
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Head of the Interventional Radiology Department, A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center – branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Center
E-mail: v.v.kucherov@gmail.com

Kruglov Egor Aleksandrovich
Head of Thoracoabdominal Department, Oncology Clinical Center in Kostroma
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6709-1395
SPIN: 1357-3009
E-mail: seakruglov@gmail.com

Petrosyan Artur Pavlovich
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Surgeon of the Interventional Radiology Department, A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center – branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Center
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7663-0362
SPIN: 3640-2594
E-mail: 79533162464@yandex.ru

Nazarova Valeriya Vitalievna
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Oncologist of Oncodermatology Department, N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0532-6061
E-mail: jezerovel@gmail.com

Unguryan Vladimir Michaylovich
Candidate of Medical Sciences, Head Physician, Oncology Clinical Center in Kostroma
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2094-0596
SPIN: 7319-5814
E-mail: unguryanvm@gmail.com

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Kruglov Egor Aleksandrovich
Head of Thoracoabdominal Department, Oncology Clinical Center in Kostroma

156005, Russian Federation, Kostroma, Niznyaya Debrya str., 19

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E-mail: seakruglov@gmail.com

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