Visual acuity after Ruthenium106 brachytherapy of choroidal melanomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 392-400

  Damato, Bertil ^a   Patel, Imran ^b   Campbell, Ian R ^c   Mayles, Helen M ^b   Errington, R Douglas ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c IC Statistical Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choroidal melanoma; Ruthenium brachytherapy; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

INDENTATION; MUSCLE; PATIENT TREATMENT; RUTHENIUM; TUMORS;

CHOROIDAL MELANOMA; RUTHENIUM BRACHYTHERAPY; TRANSILLUMINATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

RUTHENIUM 106;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUTHENIUM RADIOISOTOPES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 24944497678     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.02.059     Document Type: Article

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