Plaque radiotherapy for choroidal and ciliochoroidal melanomas with limited nodular extrascleral extension

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 380-387

  Augsburger, James J ^a,b   Schneider, Susan ^a   Narayana, Ashwatha ^a   Breneman, John C ^a   Aron, Bernard S ^a   Barrett, William L ^a   Trichopoulos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Health Professions Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Choroidal melanoma; Ciliochoroidal melanoma; Extrascleral extension; Plaque radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOROID MELANOMA; CILIOCHOROIDAL MELANOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 3042734123     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(04)80009-7     Document Type: Article

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