Current trends in the treatment of ocular melanoma by radiotherapy

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-13

  Hungerford, John L ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Plaque therapy; Posterior uveal melanoma; Proton therapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COBALT; IODINE 125; PROTON; RUTHENIUM 106;

BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COBALT THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; ENUCLEATION; EYE CANCER; EYE MELANOMA; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IRIS RUBEOSIS; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETINA DETACHMENT; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; UVEA MELANOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EYE ENUCLEATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SAFETY; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037296705     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2003.00611.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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