Brachytherapy in the Management of Uveal Melanoma

Authors :: Zbigniew Petrovich
Jerry A. Shields
A. Youssef
J. E. Freire
Luther W. Brady
Carol L. Shields
Source :: Radiotherapy of Intraocular and Orbital Tumors ISBN: 9783642631474
Publication Year :: 2003
Publisher :: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003.
Abstract: The most common primary intraocular tumor is uveal melanoma, with an incidence of 6 cases per million per year (Sphields And Shields 1992a). In the United States, it represents less than 0.2% of all cancers (American Cancer Society 1990).

Subjects :: Choroidal melanoma
medicine.medical_specialty
Orbital exenteration
business.industry
Melanoma
medicine.medical_treatment
Incidence (epidemiology)
Brachytherapy
Cancer
medicine.disease
eye diseases
Ciliary body
medicine.anatomical_structure
medicine
sense organs
Radiology
Intraocular tumor
business

ISBN :: 978-3-642-63147-4
ISBNs :: 9783642631474
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: Radiotherapy of Intraocular and Orbital Tumors ISBN: 9783642631474
Accession number :: edsair.doi...........d0df37f4cda26bb8126de6a431bc4cac
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55910-5_5