Lens-sparing external beam radiotherapy of intraocular metastases: Our experiences with twenty four eyes

Neoplasma

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 459-464

  Bajcsay, A ^a   Kontra, G ^a   Recsan Z ^b   Toth J ^b   Fodor, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Eye; Intraocular metastasis; Lens sparing radiotherapy technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; EYE TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR METASTASIS; LENS; LENS SPARING RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTON; PHOTON BEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION CATARACT; RETINA RADIATION TRAUMA; RETINOPATHY; SCHIPPER LENS SPARING RETINOBLASTOMA TREATMENT METHOD; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UVEA TUMOR; UVEAL METASTASIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0346363805     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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