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Plaque Radiotherapy

A type of radiation therapy used to treat eye tumors. A thin piece of metal (usually gold) with radioactive seeds placed on one side is sewn onto the… 
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2012
2012
Bietti crystalline retinopathy: report of retinal crystal deposition in male adolescent siblings.
Review
2005
Review
2005
Regression of posterior uveal malignant melanomas after cobalt plaque radiotherapy
We reviewed the records of 17 patients with posterior uveal malignant melanoma who had been followed for at least 3 months prior… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Combined chemotherapy and local treatment in the management of intraocular retinoblastoma.
BACKGROUND To assess the efficacy of chemotherapy (chemoreduction) plus local treatments as an alternative to external beam and… 
2001
2001
Grading Choroidal Neovascular Membrane Regression after Strontium Plaque Radiotherapy; Masked Subjective Evaluation vs Planimetry
Purpose To analyze angiographic changes in choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVM) after strontium-plaque (90Sr) irradiation for… 
1999
1999
Early-onset scleral necrosis after iodine I 125 plaque radiotherapy for ciliochoroidal melanoma.
A 62-year-old man with a large ciliochoroidal melanoma developed early-onset scleral necrosis with tumor extrusion within 1 month… 
1994
1994
Visual function following enucleation or episcleral plaque radiotherapy for posterior uveal melanoma.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the posttreatment visual performance of patients with a primary posterior uveal melanoma treated by… 
1994
1994
Palladium 103 plaque radiotherapy for uveal melanoma. Clinical experience.
1993
1993
Combined iodine-125 plaque irradiation and indirect ophthalmoscope laser therapy of choroidal malignant melanomas: Comparison with iodine-125 and cobalt-60 plaque radiotherapy alone
The authors studied the short-term impact of combined episcleral iodine-125 plaque radiotherapy and argon laser treatment in a… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Metastatic Uveal Melanoma: Pretherapy Serum Liver Enzyme and Liver Scan Abnormalities
• The liver was the organ most frequently involved in 50 patients with primary melanomas of the choroid or ciliary body, who were… 
1985
1985
Malignant melanoma of the eye: treatment of posterior uveal lesions by Co-60 plaque radiotherapy versus enucleation.
Survival rates and visual acuity of 100 patients treated for posterior uveal malignant melanoma by cobalt-60 plaque radiotherapy… 
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