Brachytherapy in primary ocular tumors

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-176

  Freire, Jorge E ^a   De Potter, Patrick ^b   Brady, Luther W ^a   Longton, Wallace A ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; choroid neoplasms; eye enucleation; iodine radioisotopes; local neoplasm recurrence; melanoma; radiation dose response relationship; radiotherapy; retinoblastoma; uveal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; GOLD 198; IODINE 125; IRIDIUM 192; LEAD; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADON 222; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENUCLEATION; EYE TUMOR; HUMAN; IRIS TUMOR; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; TECHNIQUE; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0030959456     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(199705/06)13:3<167::AID-SSU3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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