Dose De-Escalation With Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Choroidal Melanoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 170-176

  Schirmer, Clemens M ^a   Chan, Michael ^a   Mignano, John ^a   Duker, Jay ^a   Melhus, Christopher S ^a   Williams, Lloyd B ^a   Wu, Julian K ^a   Yao, Kevin C ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma Knife; Ocular melanoma; Radiation dose; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROIDAL MELANOMA; CLINICAL DATA; GAMMA KNIFE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; LOCAL CONTROL; MEAN DOSE; METASTATIC DISEASE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENTS; OCULAR MELANOMA; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION TOXICITY; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TUMOR VOLUMES; VISUAL FUNCTIONS; VISUAL LOSS;

DOSIMETRY; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETINOPATHY; TUMOR VOLUME; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 68649100964     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.077     Document Type: Article

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