A Randomized Controlled Trial of Varying Radiation Doses in the Treatment of Choroidal Melanoma

OBJECTIVE To determine if a reduction in proton radiation dose from the standard dose of 70 cobalt gray equivalents (CGE) to 50 CGE would decrease radiation-induced complications, thereby improving visual prognosis, without compromising local tumor control for patients with uveal melanoma at high ri...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of ophthalmology (1960) 2000-06, Vol.118 (6), p.773-778
Hauptverfasser:	Gragoudas, Evangelos S, Lane, Anne Marie, Regan, Susan, Li, Wenjun, Judge, Heidi E, Munzenrider, John E, Seddon, Johanna M, Egan, Kathleen M
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Choroid Neoplasms - physiopathology Choroid Neoplasms - radiotherapy Cobalt Radioisotopes - therapeutic use Diseases of the eye Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation Double-Blind Method Female Humans Male Medical sciences Melanoma - physiopathology Melanoma - radiotherapy Middle Aged Radiation Dosage Radiation Injuries - prevention & control Radiotherapy Dosage Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects) Visual Acuity - radiation effects Visual Fields - radiation effects
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