Radiotherapy of choroidal metastases

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-268

  Rosset, Anna ^a   Zografos, Leonidas ^b   Coucke, Philippe ^a   Monney, May ^a   Mirimanoff, René O ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Choroid metastases; Eye complication; Eye metastases; Palliative treatment; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CATARACT; CHOROID CANCER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETINOPATHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031981260     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00209-0     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Albert, D.M., Zimmerman, A.W. and Zeidman, I. Tumor metastasis to the eye. Arch. Ophthalmol. 63: 733-738, 1967.
2. Armitage, P. and Berry, G. Further analysis of qualitative data. In: Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 2nd edn., pp. 371-407. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, 1987.
3. Bloch, R.S. and Gartner, S. The incidence of ocular metastatic carcinoma. Arch. Ophthalmol. 85: 673-675, 1971.
4. Chu, F.C.H., Huh, S., Nisce, L.Z. and Simpson, L.D. Radiation therapy of choroid metastasis from breast cancer. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2: 273-279, 1977.
5. Greenwood, M. The natural duration of cancer. Reports on Public Health and Medical Subjects. Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London, 33: 1-26, 1926.
6. Hoogenhout, J., Brink, H.M.A., Verbeek, A.M. and van Gasteren, J.J.M. Radiotherapy of choroidal metastases. Strahlenther. Onkol. 5: 375-379, 1989.
7. Jaeger, E.A., Frayer, W.C., Southard, M.E. and Kramer, S. Effect of radiation therapy on metastatic choroidal tumors. Trans. Am. Acad. Ophthalmol. Otolaryngol. 75: 94-101, 1971.
8. Kalbfleish, J.D. and Prentice, R.L. The Statistical Analysis of Failure Time Data, 1st edn., pp. 168-171. Wiley, Chichester, NY, 1980.
9. Kaplan, E.L. and Meier, P. Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations. J. Am. Stat. Assoc. 53: 457-481, 1958.
10. Maor, M., Chan, R.C. and Young, S.E. Radiotherapy of choroidal metastases: breast cancer as primary site. Cancer 40: 2081-2086, 1977.
11. Nelson, C.C., Hertzberg, B.S. and Klintworth, G.K. A histopathologic study of 716 unselected eyes in patients with cancer at the time of the death. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 95: 788-793, 1983.
12. Parsons, J.T., Bova, F.J., Fitzgerald, C.R., Mendenhall, W.M. and Million, R.R. Severe dry-eye syndrome following external beam irradiation. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 30: 775-780, 1994.
13. Peto, R., Pike, M.C., Armitage, P. et al. Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. Part 2. Analysis and examples. Br. J. Cancer 35: 1-39, 1977.
14. Ratanatharathorn, V., Powers, W., Grimm, J. et al. Eye metastasis from carcinoma of the breast: diagnosis, radiation treatment and results. Cancer Treat. Rev. 18: 261-276, 1991.
15. Reddy, S., Saxena, V.S., Hendrikson, F. and Deutsch, W. Malignant metastatic disease of the eye: management of an uncommon complication. Cancer 47: 810-812, 1981.
16. Rudoler, S.B., Shields, C.L., Corn, B.W. et al. Functional vision is improved in the majority of patients treated with external-beam radiotherapy for choroid metastases: a multivariate analysis of 188 patients. J. Clin. Oncol. 15: 1244-1251, 1997.
17. Shields, J.A. Metastatic tumors to the uvea. Int. Ophthalmol. Clinics 33: 155-161, 1993.
18. Shields, C.L., Shields, J.A., De Potter, P. et al. Plaque radiotherapy for the management of uveal metastasis. Arch. Ophthalmol. 115: 203-209, 1997.
19. Stephens, R.F. and Shields, J.A. Diagnosis and management of cancer metastatic to the uvea: a study of 70 cases. Ophthalmology 86: 1336-1349, 1979.
20. Thatcher, N. and Thomas, P.R.M. Choroidal metastases from breast carcinoma: a survey of 42 patients and the use of radiation therapy. Clin. Radiol. 26: 549-553, 1975.
21. Zografos, L., Chamero, J., Bercher, L. and Uffer, S. Les métastases de l'uvée et leur traitement. Ophtalmologie 6: 13-19, 1992.