Functional vision is improved in the majority of patients treated with external-beam radiotherapy for choroid metastases: A multivariate analysis of 188 patients

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1244-1251

  Rudoler, S B ^a   Shields, C L ^a   Corn, B W ^a   De Potter, P ^a   Hyslop, T ^a   Curran Jr , W J ^a   Shields, J A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOROID CANCER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

EID: 0031059140     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.3.1244     Document Type: Article

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