Radiotherapy of unilateral choroidal metastasis: Unilateral irradiation or bilateral irradiation for sterilization of suspected contralateral disease?

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-141

  Wiegel, Thomas ^a   Kreusel, Klaus Martin ^a   Schmidt, Stephanie ^a   Bornfeld, Norbert ^a   Foerster, Michael H ^a   Hinkelbein, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilaterial irradiation; Contralateral disease; Radiotherapy; Unilateral chorodial metaststis; Unilaterial irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL TIME; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0032758124     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00135-8     Document Type: Article

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