Small choroidal melanoma: outcomes following apical height dose brachytherapy.
Renato Jose YupariJames BenaAllan WilkinsonJohn SuhArun D SinghPublished in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2020)
Small choroidal melanomas treated with iodine-125 episcleral brachytherapy have excellent outcomes. The majority (69%) of patients retained VA of 20/50 or better with very high local control and ocular survival rate (99.3%) with the absence of metastasis (100%).
Keyphrases
- high dose
- end stage renal disease
- radiation therapy
- optical coherence tomography
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- body mass index
- locally advanced
- peritoneal dialysis
- age related macular degeneration
- prognostic factors
- optic nerve
- low dose
- squamous cell carcinoma
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- adipose tissue
- physical activity
- insulin resistance
- dual energy
- glycemic control