External beam irradiation for choroid metastases: Identification of factors predisposing to long-term sequelae

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-256

  Rudoler, Shari B ^a,d   Corn, Benjamin W ^a   Shields, Carol L ^b   De Potter, Patrick ^b   Hyslop, Terry ^c   Shields, Jerry A ^b   Curran Jr , Walter J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHRISTIANA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

BED; Choroid; Complications; Eye; Intraocular; Metastases; Palliation; Radiation; Uvea; Vi sual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CATARACT; CHOROID TUMOR; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIS DISEASE; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETINOPATHY; SOLID TUMOR; UVEA TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CATARACT; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIATION INJURIES; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0030840889     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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