Review Article

Adjuvant Treatment of Melanoma

Table 7

Melanomas. Adjuvant treatment with vaccines. Randomised studies [20].

AuthorsNo. of casesStageTreatmentFollowup (years)Statistical significance

Livingston 1994123IIIGM2 + BCG + CFM5 y.NS
BCG + CFM
Wallack 1995250IIVirus allogeneic polyvalent melanoma cell lysate2.5 y.NS
Wallack 1998250IIIMelanoma cell lysate vaccine3 y.NS
Bystryn 200138IIIPolyvalent shed antigen2.5 y.S
Placebo
Sondak 2002689IIAMelacine and DETOX5.6 y.NS
Observation
Hershey700IIBCell lysate vaccine8 y.Tendency in RFS/GS
Placebo