Proton beam therapy for the treatment of uveal melanoma in Scotland

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1691-1695

  Macdonald, Elisabeth C A ^a   Cauchi, Paul ^a   Kemp, Ewan G ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOROID MELANOMA; CILIARY BODY TUMOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UVEA MELANOMA;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; CILIARY BODY; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 81555214488     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.195594     Document Type: Article

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