Survival implications of enucleation after definitive radiotherapy for choroidal melanoma: An example of regression on time-dependent covariates

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 366-370

  Egan, Kathleen M ^a,b   Ryan, Louise M ^b   Gragoudas, Evangelos S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOROID MELANOMA; ENUCLEATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031941590     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.3.366     Document Type: Article

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