Iodine-125 radiotherapy for choroidal melanoma

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1138, Issue , 2008, Pages 15-18

  Al Mahmoud, Tahra ^a,c   Mansour, Magdi ^a   Deschênes, Jean ^a   Edelstein, Chaim ^a   Burnier, Miguel ^a   Marcil, Michel ^a   Shenouda, George ^a   Corriveau, Christine ^b   Evans, Michael ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Choroidal melanoma; I125; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOACTIVITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 53149115286     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1414.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (19)

1. Egan, K.M., J.M. Seddon, R.J. Glynn, et al. 1988. Epidemiologic aspect of uveal melanoma. Surv. Ophthalmol. 32 : 239 251.
2. Jensen, O.A. 1982. Malignant melanomas of the human uvea: 25-year follow-up of cases in Denmark, 1943-1952. Acta Ophthalmol. 60 : 161 182.
3. Ravio, I. 1977. Uveal melanoma in Finland: an epidemiological, clinical, histological and prognostic study. Acta Ophthalmol. 133 : 3 64.
4. Augsburger, J.J. 1993. Diagnosis and management of posterior uveal tumors. In Practical Atlas of Retinal Disease and Therapy. W.R. Freeman, Ed 103 124. Raven Press. New York.
5. Shields, J.A., C.L. Shield, P. De Potter, et al. 1993. Plaque radiotherapy for uveal melanoma. Int. Ophthalmol. Clin. 33 : 129 135.
6. 125 episcleral plaque for brachytherapy of choroidal melanoma. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 129 : 199 204.
7. Finger, P.T. 1997. Radiation therapy for choroidal melanoma. Surv. Ophthalmol. 42 : 215 232.
8. 125 brachytherapy in the management of uveal melanoma. A prospective, randomized, dynamically balanced trial. Ophthalmology 100 : 1547 1554.
9. 60 episcleral plaque therapy. Ophthalmology 96 : 382 388.
10. 125 brachytherapy. Arch. Ophthalmol. 105 : 1394 1397.
11. 125 irradiation of choroidal melanoma: clinical experience. Ophthalmology 91 : 1700 1708.
12. 60 irradiation of melanomas. Arch. Ophthalmol. 103 : 916 923.
13. 106 application. Arch. Ophthalmol. 101 : 713 717.
14. 106 plaque radiotherapy for malignant melanomas of the choroid: with follow-up results more than 5 years. Doc. Ophthalmol. 68 : 225 238.
15. 125 for the collaborative ocular melanoma study. Arch. Ophthalmol. 105 : 763 764.
16. Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Group. 1993. Design and methods of clinical trial for rare condition: the collaborative ocular melanoma study. Controlled Trials 3 : 362 391.
17. Yanoff, M., Zimmerman L.E. 1967. Histogenesis of malignant melanoma of uvea. II. Relation of uveal nevi to malignant melanomas. Cancer. 77 : 493 507.
18. 60 plaque radiotherapy vs enucleation for posterior uveal melanoma. Am. J. Ophthalmol. 109 : 585 592.
19. Augsburger, J.J., Z.M. Correa, J. Friere & L.W. Brady. 1998. Long term survival in choroidal and ciliary body melanoma after enucleation versus plaque radiation therapy. Ophthalmology 105 : 1670 1678.