Ocular response of choroidal melanoma with monosomy 3 versus disomy 3 after iodine-125 brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1046-1048

  Marathe, Omkar S ^a   Wu, Jeffrey ^b   Lee, Steve P ^b   Yu, Fei ^c   Burgess, Barry L ^c   Leu, Min ^b   Straatsma, Bradley R ^c   McCannel, Tara A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Los Angeles   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

125I brachytherapy; Choroidal melanoma; Ciliochoroidal melanoma; Monosomy 3; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROIDAL MELANOMA; CILIOCHOROIDAL MELANOMA; MONOSOMY 3; UVEAL MELANOMA;

BIOPSY; DERMATOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IODINE; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

ONCOLOGY;

IODINE 125;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CHROMOSOME 3; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISOMY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOSOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; CILIARY BODY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MONOSOMY; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 80255135598     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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