1976
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(197602)37:2<684::aid-cncr2820370212>3.0.co;2-y
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Intralesional BCG in the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma

Abstract: The therapeutic efficacy of intralesional BCG (Bacillus Calmette‐Guerin; one immunizing dose every 2 weeks for a minimum of five treatments) was studied in 19 melanoma patients. Of 15 patients evaluable for response, five experienced significant objective improvement (two complete and three partial remissions). Objective improvement was limited to those patients with dermal metastatic disease. In vitro cytotoxicity in the presence of patient's serum bore, on average, a relationship to the clinical disease. In … Show more

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“…Responses were associated with good immune function assessed by skin test responses to dinitrochlorobenzene and PPD . Similar results were reported in studies on 15 patients with metastatic melanoma by Mastrangelo et al . There were five responses that were limited to patients with dermal metastases.…”
Section: Historically Important Intralesional Therapy Studiessupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Responses were associated with good immune function assessed by skin test responses to dinitrochlorobenzene and PPD . Similar results were reported in studies on 15 patients with metastatic melanoma by Mastrangelo et al . There were five responses that were limited to patients with dermal metastases.…”
Section: Historically Important Intralesional Therapy Studiessupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the most extensively studied of these agents. BCG has been used since the 1970s for local control of melanoma and is able to induce regression of untreated lesions in 15–20% of patients [15][19].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[110][111][112] Although initial response rates are high for injected lesions, intralesional BCG is associated with a number of significant local and occasional systemic adverse effects. [111][112][113] BCG injection has been largely supplanted by other local injection options and is rarely used in clinical practice.…”
Section: Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-vec)mentioning
confidence: 95%