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ArticleJournal of kidney cancer and VHL2025

Partial Nephrectomy as Management of Oligometastatic Cancer with Limited Systemic Treatment Options: A Case Report.

Chibuzor Victor Nwachukwu, Christopher Michael Brede, Gerald Paul Wright, Brian Robert Lane

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Article in Journal of kidney cancer and VHL, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Chibuzor Victor NwachukwuDepartment of Surgery, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Lansing, MI, USA.
Christopher Michael BredeDivision of Urology, Corewell Health Medical Group West, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Gerald Paul WrightDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Corewell Health Medical Group West, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Brian Robert LaneDepartment of Surgery, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Lansing, MI, USA.

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Abstract

Ocular melanoma is a form of melanoma that rarely offers actionable mutations for treatment with systemic therapy and is relatively radioresistant. As such, surgery is the mainstay of treatment for localized disease and can be considered for oligometastatic disease. We present a case of ocular melanoma that recurred with a solitary renal metastasis 9 years after initial diagnosis and treatment with intraocular brachytherapy. After multidisciplinary discussion, the patient underwent a partial nephrectomy for her solitary renal metastasis. The patient continued in follow-up 3.5 years after partial nephrectomy. She was treated again surgically for a solitary metastasis to the breast before initiation of systemic therapy once multifocal disease was identified. We suggest interdisciplinary management of patients with metastatic involvement of target organs, given the rapidly changing treatment landscape for melanoma and other forms of cancer.

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Immunotherapykidney cancermelanomamelanoma metastasisRenal metastasissystemic therapy

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PMID40955423
PMCPMC12433453

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