Changes in ultrasound findings in posterior uveal melanoma after Ruthenium 106 brachytherapy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1137-1141

  Kaiserman, Igor ^a   Anteby, Irene ^a   Chowers, Itay ^a   Blumenthal, Eytan Z ^a   Kliers, Iris ^a   Pe'er, Jacob ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUTHENIUM 106;

A SCAN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUTHENIUM RADIOISOTOPES; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036114846     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01054-0     Document Type: Article

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