Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery yields good long-term outcomes for low-volume uveal melanomas without intraocular complications

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-445

  Toktas, Zafer Orkun ^a   Bicer, Atilla ^a   Demirci, Gulden ^a   Pazarli, Halit ^b   Abacioglu, Ufuk ^a   Peker, Selcuk ^a   Kilic, Turker ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gamma knife radiosurgery; Local disease control; Local tumor control; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA DETACHMENT; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RETINAL DETACHMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77349116992     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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