Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study randomized trial of I-125 brachytherapy

Clinical Trials

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 661-673

  Hawkins, Barbara S ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHOROID MELANOMA; ENUCLEATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80054794863     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774511419684     Document Type: Article

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