Outcomes of iodine 125 plaque radiotherapy after initial observation of suspected small choroidal melanomas: A pilot study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1777-1783

  Sobrin, Lucia ^a   Schiffman, Joyce C ^a   Markoe, Arnold M ^a   Murray, Timothy G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; OPTIC NERVE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 25844498544     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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