Palladium-103 eye plaque brachytherapy for primary adenocarcinoma of the ciliary body epithelium

Brachytherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 503-507

  Finger, Paul T ^a,b   Reid, Julia E ^a,b   Iacob, Codrin E ^b  

^a NEW YORK EYE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Biopsy; Brachytherapy; Ciliary body; Radiation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PALLADIUM 103;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM PRIMARY ADENOCARCINOMA; CILIARY BODY TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; PLAQUE BRACHYTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CILIARY BODY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PALLADIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80055011958     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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