Management of choroidal metastases
Highlights • Choroidal metastases are the most frequent malignant tumors of the eye. • They can lead to severe complications (such as blindness) and significant deterioration of the quality of life. • Radiation therapy is the treatment of reference: it yields high local control rates and improvement...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Cancer treatment reviews 2014-12, Vol.40 (10), p.1119-1128 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Highlights • Choroidal metastases are the most frequent malignant tumors of the eye. • They can lead to severe complications (such as blindness) and significant deterioration of the quality of life. • Radiation therapy is the treatment of reference: it yields high local control rates and improvement of visual function. • Palliative fractionation is often recommended but more focused techniques may be discussed. • Systemic treatments provide promising outcomes in selected cases, thus requiring further assessment. |
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ISSN: | 0305-7372 1532-1967 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ctrv.2014.09.006 |