title: In vitro viability of choroidal melanomata following pre-enucleation irradiation.
abstract: In a group of eighteen patients with uveal melanomas, seven underwent low-dose pre-enucleation irradiation of approximately 2000 cGy. All the tumours were propagated in tissue culture and the growth characteristics of tumour cells from irradiated eyes were compared with tumour cells from non-irradiated eyes. Cultures were observed with phase-contrast microscopy, and radioactive thymidine labelling was used to study cell turnover. Although tissue samples from peripheral areas of irradiated tumours produced a mixture of viable and non-viable cells, with reduced ability to attach to substrate, central regions of irradiated tumours contained viable cells which propagated freely in tissue culture.
authors.affiliation: Northern Ireland Radiotherapy Centre, Belvoir Park Hospital, Belfast, Ireland.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Chakravarthy
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frew
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Gardiner
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Archer
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000528:radiation effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000528:radiation effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000528:radiation effects; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D046508:Culture Techniques; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes