Stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma: 2-Year follow-up

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-65

  Somani, Sohel ^a,c   Sahgal, Arjun ^b   Krema, Hatem ^a   Heydarian, Mostafa ^a   McGowan, Hugh ^a   Payne, David ^b   Xu, Wei ^a   Michaels, Howard ^a   Laperriere, Norman ^b   Simpson, E Rand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choroidal melanoma; Complications; Stereotactic radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATARACT; CHOROID MELANOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; RADIATION DOSE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULAR DISEASE; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 59849090407     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/I08-177     Document Type: Article

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