Microwave thermoradiotherapy for intraocular melanoma

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-289

  Finger, Paul T ^a,b,c,d  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c Div of Ocular Tum and Orbital Dis   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Iodine 125 (125I); Melanoma; Microwave; Palladium 103 (103Pd); Plaque; Radiaion; Thermoradiotherapy

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MORTALITY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCAR FORMATION; SLIT LAMP; UVEA MELANOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MELANOMA; MICROWAVES; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029943125     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199606000-00015     Document Type: Article

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