Metastasis-free survival following treatment for uveal melanoma with either stereotactic radiosurgery or enucleation

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-388

  Cohen, Victoria M L ^a   Carter, M J ^b   Kemeny, A ^b   Radatz, M ^b   Rennie, I G ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 year cumulative survival; Disease free interval; Enucleation; Metastasis free survival; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOROID MELANOMA; CILIARY BODY TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0043173685     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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