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Annulus-shaped I-125 plaque brachytherapy for conjunctival melanoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2022
Purpose: To report successful ring-shaped iodine-125 plaque brachytherapy for conjunctival melanoma. Observations: Eye Physics (EP) plaque brachytherapy, designed with Plaque Simulator software, proved to be an effective treatment modality with some ...
Sean T. Berkowitz, Anderson L. Brock, Melvin A. Astrahan, David A. Reichstein   +3 more
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Outpatient ocular brachytherapy: The USC Experience

Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2021
Purpose: Ocular brachytherapy is a standard-of-care surgical procedure for globe salvage in the treatment of uveal melanoma. The procedure involves the placement and subsequent removal of a radioactive plaque several days later.
Sarah Joh, BS, Mary E. Kim, BA, Michael Reilly, PhD, Sue Y. Zhou, MS, Jonathan Kim, MD, Richard L. Jennelle, MD, Jesse L. Berry, MD   +6 more
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Plaque brachytherapy – Radiating positivity

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023
Background: Plaque brachytherapy is an evolving, yet effective globe and vision-sparing modality for the treatment of intraocular tumors by transscleral irradiation of the tumor base with a radioactive implant.
Rolika Bansal, Santosh G Honavar, Vijay Anand P Reddy, Shiva Shankar Talloju   +3 more
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Palladium-103 plaque brachytherapy for retinoblastoma: Long term follow up

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2022
Purpose: Radiation has been used in the treatment of retinoblastoma. Herein, we present the novel use of palladium-103 plaque brachytherapy as primary treatment.
Abhilasha Maheshwari, Paul T. Finger
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Episcleral Iodine-125 radioactive plaque brachytherapy as a salvage treatment for retinoblastoma in the era of intraarterial chemotherapy

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2022
Background. Retinoblastoma shows high rates of recurrence after initial chemotherapy (systemic or intraarterial). Our aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of iodine-125 radioactive plaque brachytherapy as a salvage treatment with globe-preserving
Ahmet Murat Sarıcı, Tülin Tiraje Celkan, Bilge Batu Oto, Atilla Şahin, Ömer Uzel, Didar Uçar   +5 more
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Ruthenium-106 plaque brachytherapy for the treatment of diffuse choroidal hemangioma in Sturge-Weber syndrome [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
"AIM: To evaluate the efficacy of ruthenium-106 plaque brachytherapy for the treatment of diffuse choroidal hemangioma (DCH) in Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS).
Ying-Ying Yu, Xiao-Xin Li, Jian-Hong Liang   +2 more
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Relationship between gene expression profile class and tumor thickness regression after plaque brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma

International Journal of Retina and Vitreous, 2022
Background and objective To examine the relationship between gene expression profile class and tumor thickness reduction as measured by ultrasonography in response to plaque brachytherapy using a single-center, retrospective cohort study. Methods A total
Arjun Sharma, John E. Mignano, Jay S. Duker   +2 more
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Staged Eye-Plaque Brachytherapy: A Novel Approach for Large Uveal Melanoma

Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to report our experience regarding the development of a staged eye-plaque brachytherapy approach for large uveal melanoma lesions which would otherwise require enucleation due to toxicity from a single-session ...
Neil Chevli, MD, Amy C. Schefler, MD, Maria E. Bretana, COMS, Ramiro Pino, PhD, E. Brian Butler, MD, Bin S. Teh, MD   +5 more
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Ciliary body medulloepithelioma treated with intra-operative brachytherapy after fine needle aspiration biopsy

Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2022
Medulloepithelioma is the second most common type of pediatric intra-ocular tumors. It commonly arises from ciliary body, and it is generally diagnosed in the first decade of life. Management options for medulloepithelioma include enucleation, resection,
Amparo Ortiz-Seller, Rafael Martínez-Costa, José Calatayud, Inmaculada Palacios, Ana Hernández, Honorio González   +5 more
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Adolescent Plaque Brachytherapy for Large Choroidal Metastasis from Lung Carcinoid Tumor

Case Reports in Oncology, 2021
The purpose of this publication is to report a child with choroidal metastasis from a primary lung carcinoid tumor treated with 125-iodine plaque brachytherapy while achieving complete tumor regression.
Marcos A. Crespo, Victor M. Villegas, Maria E. Echevarria, Carmen M. Gurrea, Timothy G. Murray, Carlos M. Chevere   +5 more
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