Detection and time to treatment of uveal melanoma in the United Kingdom: An evaluation of 2384 patients

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1582-1589

  Damato, Erika M ^a,b   Damato, Bertil E ^b  

^a BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTON THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED KINGDOM; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COLORING AGENTS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864448582     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.01.048     Document Type: Article

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