Metastases from Uveal Melanoma after Proton Beam Irradiation

Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 992-999

  Gragoudas, Evangelos S ^a   Seddon, Johanna M ^a   Egan, Kathleen M ^a   Glynn, Robert J ^a   Goitein, Michael ^b   Munzenrider, John ^b   Verhey, Lynn ^b   Urie, Marcia ^b   Koehler, Andreas ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

incidence; metastases; prognostic factors; proton beam irradiation; uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

FAST PROTON RADIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0023922513     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(88)33091-5     Document Type: Article

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