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
Hauptverfasser: Jardel, P, Sauerwein, W, Olivier, T, Bensoussan, E, Maschi, C, Lanza, F, Mosci, C, Gastaud, L, Angellier, G, Marcy, P.-Y, Herault, J, Caujolle, J.-P, Dendale, R, Thariat, J
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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.
ISSN:0305-7372
1532-1967
DOI:10.1016/j.ctrv.2014.09.006