Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) randomized trial of I-125 brachytherapy for medium choroidal melanoma: I. Visual acuity after 3 years, COMS Report No. 16

Ophthalmology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 348-366

  Melia, B M ^a   Abramson, D H ^a   Albert, D M ^a   Boldt, H C ^a   Earle, J D ^a   Hanson, W F ^a   Montague, P ^a   Moy, C S ^a   Schachat, A P ^a   Simpson, E R ^a   Straatsma, B R ^a   Vine, A K ^a   Weingeist, T A ^a   Willis, J M ^a   Kurtz, R M ^a   Sneed, S R ^a   Hayman, J A ^a   Lichter, A S ^a   McGinn, C J ^a   Robertson, J M ^a   Schoeppel, S ^a   Diaz, R ^a   Ten Haken, R ^a   Thompson, A V ^a   Meyer, K A ^a   Martonyi, C ^a   Stanley, S A ^a   McIver, F ^a   Elner, V ^a   Wolter, R J ^a   Kincaid, M ^a   Sternberg, P ^a   Meredith, T A ^a   Brown, J M ^a   Aaberg, T M ^a   Capone, A ^a   Wojno, T H ^a   Keller, J W ^a   Landry, J ^a   Crocker, I R ^a   McLaren, J ^a   Butker, E ^a   Klee, K A ^a   Aguilera, C A ^a   Strongosky, D ^a   Gibbs, D K ^a   Fremstad, A ^a   Curtis, L T ^a   Waldron, R G ^a   Ward, A ^a   Gilman, J ^a   Myles, R A ^a   Swords, R ^a   Snipes, C ^a   Grossniklaus, H ^a   Calhoun, F P ^a   Campbell, W ^a   Frank, J H ^a   Jarrett, W H ^a   Halpern, R L ^a   Hagler, W S ^a   Jones, N ^a   Schwaibold, F P ^a   Wynn, K J ^a   Mondalek, P ^a   Cooper, C E ^a   Degenhardt, G A ^a   Muncey, A R ^a   Hulsey, E K ^a   Lee, D H ^a   Kailey, L ^a   McCart, S N ^a   McCoy, G A ^a   Aaron, J ^a   Bolerjack, D S ^a   Thompson, K D ^a   Wilson, K K ^a   Robinson, B P ^a   Baxter, B ^a   Doll, W T ^a   Greenberg, E F ^a   Hartnett, M ^a   Alexander, M ^a   Sackett, C S ^a   Kaiser, S ^a   Torano, J E ^a   Goldberg, M F ^a   Hammer, L H ^a   Iliff, N T ^a   Lee, D J ^a   Chun, M S ^a   Jackson, J F ^a   Lam, W C ^a   Ianitto, J ^a   Pollack, L T ^a   DiBernardo, C ^a   Cain, D ^a   Emmert, D ^a   more..

^a Wilmer Clinical Trials and Biometry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA FOVEA; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0035153825     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(00)00526-1     Document Type: Article

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