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Yttrium-90 Episcleral Plaque Brachytherapy for Choroidal Melanoma

Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases
Purpose: To describe the first use of high-dose-rate yttrium-90 disc brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma. Methods: A 72-year-old patient had a cT1-category choroidal melanoma characterized by the presence of orange pigment, increasing subretinal fluid (SRF), and enlarging tumor thickness.
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Early SD-OCT diagnosis followed by prompt treatment of radiation maculopathy using intravitreal bevacizumab maintains functional visual acuity

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2012
Nisha V Shah,1 Samuel K Houston,1 Arnold M Markoe,2 William Feuer,3 Timothy G Murray1,2,41Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 2Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami ...
Shah NV, Houston SK, Markoe AM, Feuer W, Murray TG   +4 more
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Evaluation of the surgical learning curve for I-125 episcleral plaque placement for the treatment of posterior uveal melanoma: a two decade review

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2012
Nisha V Shah1, Samuel K Houston1, Timothy G Murray1,2, Arnold M Markoe21Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, 2Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USAPurpose: To evaluate the ...
Shah NV, Houston SK, Murray TG, Markoe AM   +3 more
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Association of female sex with cataract surgery in the general population but not in plaque brachytherapy-treated uveal melanoma patients

Scientific Reports
Cataract is a leading cause of blindness worldwide, necessitating a deeper understanding of its risk factors. We analyzed two cohorts: 1000 individuals from the general Swedish population and 933 patients who received plaque brachytherapy for uveal ...
Anna Hagström, Shiva Sabazade, Viktor Gill, Gustav Stålhammar   +3 more
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Threshold analysis of mortality outcomes in the collaborative ocular melanoma study (COMS)

Melanoma Management
Aim The collaborative ocular melanoma study (COMS) reported similar survival between plaque brachytherapy (a type of interventional radiotherapy) and enucleation for medium-sized choroidal melanomas.
Viktor T. Gill, Shiva Sabazade, Gustav Stålhammar   +2 more
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Anterior plaque brachytherapy placement for treatment of iris and iridociliary melanomas – Surgical procedure and institutional experience

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Surgical placement of eye plaque brachytherapy (EPB) is the standard of care for the treatment of uveal melanomas, including iris/iridociliary melanomas. However, unique challenges exist in anterior EPB placement.
Sarah Pike, Stephanie B Engelhard, Luciano Custo Greig, Kaley Woods, Richard L Jennelle, Jesse L Berry   +5 more
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Plaque Size and Dose in I-125 Eye Plaque Brachytherapy [PDF]

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 2016
C. Binder, R.J. Crilly, S. Brown, A. Skalet, A.Y. Hung   +4 more
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Simultaneous conjunctival melanomas in one eye treated with both adjuvant brachytherapy and proton beam radiotherapy

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
Purpose: We describe a rare case of two simultaneous primary conjunctival melanomas in the same eye that were treated sequentially with both plaque brachytherapy and proton beam radiotherapy following wide surgical excision.
Laura D. Selby, Kent Wallner, Evan Hall, Nina Mayr, Alexei Chvetsov, Andrew W. Stacey   +5 more
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Yttrium-90 Polycarbonate Brachytherapy Plaque [PDF]

, 2020
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Scleral Necrosis Simulating Recurrent Uveal Melanoma after Plaque Brachytherapy [PDF]

Ophthalmology, 2016
Christopher K H, Burris, Maria E, Rodriguez, Heather D, Potter   +2 more
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