Tumor basal area and metastatic death after proton beam irradiation for choroidal melanoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-72

  Li, Wenjun ^a,b   Gragoudas, Evangelos S ^a   Egan, Kathleen M ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOROID MELANOMA; DEATH; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037253438     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.1.68     Document Type: Article

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