Radiation therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 583-597

  Kishan, Amar U ^a   Modjtahedi, Bobeck S ^b   Morse, Lawrence S ^b   Lee, Percy ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ANTI-VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-DEPENDENT; EFFICIENT TREATMENT; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY; PRELIMINARY DATA; PROTON THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

PALLADIUM 103; RANIBIZUMAB; STRONTIUM 90; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATARACT; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIATION THERAPY;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PHOTONS; PROTON THERAPY; RADIOSURGERY; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84873300504     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.2352     Document Type: Review

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