Single institutional retrospective analysis: treatment of choroidal melanomas with cobalt-60 brachytherapy Análise retrospectiva uni-institucional: tratamento de melanomas de coróide com braquiterapia utilizando cobalto-60

Single institutional retrospective analysis: treatment of choroidal melanomas with cobalt-60 brachytherapy Análise retrospectiva uni-institucional: tratamento de melanomas de coróide com braquiterapia utilizando cobalto-60

PURPOSE: To evaluate the outcome of patients with choroidal melanoma treated with conservative therapy with brachytherapy (episcleral Co-60 plaque therapy) at the "Hospital do Cancer" São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: We evaluated 102 patients consecutively treated from January, 1999 to June, 19...

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Main Authors: Antônio Cássio Assis Pellizzon, João Victor Salvajoli, Paulo Eduardo Novaes, Ricardo Fogaroli, Robson Ferrigno, Maria Aparecida Conte Maia, Marta Motono Chojniak, Clélia Maria Erwene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2004-06-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
Subjects:
Neoplasias da coróide
Melanoma
Radioisótopos de cobalto
Enucleação ocular
Braquiteraia
Dosagem radioterapêutica
Choroid neoplasms
Cobalt radioisotopes
Eye enucleation
Brachytherapy
Radiotherapy dosage
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