Clinical spectrum and prognosis of uveal melanoma based on age at presentation in 8,033 cases

Retina

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1363-1372

  Shields, Carol L ^a   Kaliki, Swathi ^a   Furuta, Minoru ^a   Mashayekhi, Arman ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children; eye; melanoma; metastasis; pediatric; prognosis; uvea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOROID MELANOMA; CILIARY BODY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; IRIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBRETINAL FLUID; TAPIOCA; TUMOR VOLUME; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862869059     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31824d09a8     Document Type: Article

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