Conservation treatment of the eye: Conformal proton reirradiation for recurrent uveal melanoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1018-1022

  Marucci, Laura ^a,d   Lane, Anne M ^b   Li, Wenjun ^c   Egan, Kathleen M ^b   Gragoudas, Evangelos S ^b   Adams, Judy A ^a   Collier, John M ^a   Munzenrider, John E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eye; Proton beam radiation therapy; Survival rate; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

EYE; PROTON BEAM RADIATION THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; UVEAL MELANOMA;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENUCLEATION; EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION; UVEA MELANOMA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644530981     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.09.035     Document Type: Article

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