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Expanded Indications of Plaque Brachytherapy
Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 Radiotherapy is now a widely accepted treatment modality in oncology. Plaque brachytherapy is an effective eye and vision sparing alternative to enucleation for patients with intraocular tumours.
Rashmi Singh +2 more
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Disinsert, retract and rotate technique of plaque brachytherapy
Indian Journal of OphthalmologyBackground: Plaque brachytherapy is commonly used in the management of choroidal melanomas. The surgical steps usually involve creating a conjunctival peritomy, fixing the recti muscles, with or without disinserting them based on the location of the ...
Neiwete Lomi +2 more
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Histopathology of Intraocular Medulloepithelioma following Iodine-125 Plaque Brachytherapy
Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2022 We report the case of a 15-year-old female with a medulloepithelioma who underwent enucleation following plaque brachytherapy. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the histopathological findings of medulloepithelioma following brachytherapy ...
Sukriti Mohan +3 more
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Diffuse choroidal hemangioma: IMRT versus episcleral plaque brachytherapy
Taiwan Journal of OphthalmologyPURPOSE: The purpose of this review is to demonstrate the safety and procedures involved in the use of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and three-dimensional (3D)-conformal techniques for the management of diffuse choroidal hemangioma (DCH ...
Adannia Ufondu +4 more
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125I plaque brachytherapy for anterior uveal melanomas [PDF]
Eye, 2004 To describe the results of 125I plaque brachytherapy of uveal melanomas anterior to the equator in terms of local control and the associated complications while trying to identify their risk factors (patients' demographic data, ocular, and tumour characteristics).Retrospective analysis of a series of patients treated by 125I between 1990 and 2000 in a ...
L, Lumbroso-Le Rouic +8 more
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Advances in Radiation Oncology, 2023 Purpose: To develop a prognostic score that correlates to a low, medium, and high incidence of treatment failure after plaque brachytherapy of uveal melanoma (UM).
Ruba Kal Omar, UG +4 more
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Episcleral Plaque Brachytherapy For Uveal Melanoma
Güncel Retina Dergisi (Current Retina Journal), 2023 Treatment of uveal melanomas with enucleation surgery has been the primary method for more than 100 years. The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) demonstrated in 2001 that globe-sparing episcleral brachytherapy for uveal melanoma was a safe and an effective method and there was no difference in survival rates compared with enucleation therapy.
Serdar ÖZLER +2 more
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Sympathetic ophthalmia after ruthenium plaque brachytherapy [PDF]
British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2007 Sympathetic ophthalmia is a rare, bilateral inflammatory process with an incidence of 0.03/100 000 in the UK and Ireland.1 It usually follows either penetrating eye injury or intraocular surgery. Although sympathetic ophthalmia has previously been described after irradiation of ocular melanoma,2,3 it has never been reported after simple 106Ru plaque ...
N. Ahmad +4 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 IntroductionUveal melanoma (UM) is the most common intraocular malignancy in adults. Plaque brachytherapy remains the dominant eyeball-conserving therapy for UM. Tumor regression in UM after plaque brachytherapy has been reported as a valuable prognostic
Jingting Luo +9 more
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Cost-effectiveness of proton beam therapy for intraocular melanoma. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Proton beam therapy is a commonly accepted treatment for intraocular melanomas, but the literature is lacking in descriptions of patient preferences of clinical outcomes and economic impact.
James P Moriarty +4 more
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