Episcleral plaque thermoradiotherapy of posterior uveal melanomas

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-211

  Petrovich, Zbigniew ^a,b   Pike, Malcolm ^a   Astrahan, Melvin A ^a   Luxton, Gary ^a   Murphree, Alan L ^a   Liggett, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Episcleral plaque radiotherapy; Hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; SCLERA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEA TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYE HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0029964089     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199604000-00025     Document Type: Article

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