Echographic evaluation of choroidal melanomas treated with ruthenium-106 plaques: the treatment failures.
From July 1990 to October 1995 we treated 45 patients with choroidal melanomas using ruthenium-106 plaques. The population mean age was 59.2+/-10.4 years. In this paper, the authors describe in detail their clinical management and follow-up timing. They also report on the echographic pattern change after treatment and the clinical history of some failure cases.
Perri
P
P
University Eye Clinic of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Police
G
G
Pastena
B
B
Ravalli
L
L
Grande
L
L
Rossi
A
A
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012429:Ruthenium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014463:Ultrasonography
D012429:Ruthenium Radioisotopes