Auditing outcomes after treatment of Scottish patients with uveal melanoma in Liverpool

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 260-264

  Wright, P K ^a   Damato, B E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Eye; Oncology centre; Scotland; Tumour; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENUCLEATION; EYE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METASTASIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCLERA DISEASE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UVEA MELANOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032773355     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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