Vitreous hemorrhage after plaque radiotherapy for uveal melanoma

Retina

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1156-1164

  Bianciotto, Carlos ^a   Shields, Carol L ^a   Pirondini, Cesare ^b   Mashayekhi, Arman ^a   Furuta, Minoru ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

choroid; complication; eye; melanoma; plaque radiotherapy; tumor; vitreous hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UVEA MELANOMA; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861792532     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3182340cc1     Document Type: Article

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