Gamma knife radiosurgery for uveal melanoma: 12 years of experience

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-44

  Modorati, G ^a   Miserocchi, E ^a   Galli, L ^b   Picozzi, P ^a   Rama, P ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETINOPATHY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UVEA MELANOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58349121217     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.142208     Document Type: Article

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