Russian Journal of OncologyRussian Journal of Oncology1028-99842412-9119Eco-Vector3995110.17816/onco39951Short CommunicationPOTENTIALS OF RADIOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF ISOLATED CUTANEOUS MELANOMA METASTATIC TO THE LIVERZakurdyaevaI. G.zakur60@mail.ruMedical Radiology Research Center, Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia15022012171373922072020Copyright © 2012, Eco-Vector2012The paper describes a case of successful palliative radiotherapy for solitary cutaneous melanoma metastatic to the liver in an 82-year-old male patient with age-related concomitant cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The high risk forced surgery to be avoided. When the procedure of radiation is adequate, its responses are moderate.palliative treatmentradiation therapymetastatic cutaneous melanomaпаллиативное лечениелучевая терапияметастатическая меланома кожи[Демидов Л. В., Харкевич Г. Ю. // Практ. онкол. 2001. - № 4 (8). С. 42-46.][Носов Д. А. // Практ. онкол. 2001. № 4 (8). С. 50-55.][Радулевску Г. Г. // Онкология. 2003. № 4. С. 11-15.][Lotze M., Kirkwood J. M. Current cancer therapeutics. 2-nd ed. Philadelphia, 1996. P. 178-184.][Whited J. D, Grichnik J. M. // J. A. M. A. 1998. Vol. 279. P. 696-701.]