title: Management of Irish patients with intraocular melanoma referred to Liverpool, England.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study reviews the results of patients referred from Ireland for treatment of an intraocular melanoma at the Ocular Oncology Service at St Paul's Eye Unit, Liverpool.
  
  
  METHODS
  There were 57 patients with a median age of 55 years. Management included plaque radiotherapy (14), proton beam radiotherapy (17), local resection (10), endoresection (6), and enucleation (10). Fifty-two tumours involved the choroid. The tumours had a mean diameter of 11.4 mm and a mean thickness of 5.2 mm.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The follow-up period had a median of 267 days. Retention of the eye was achieved in all 47 cases who underwent conservative management. Ninety percent of patients retained a vision of counting fingers, with an acuity of 6/12 or better in 50%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This group of patients gives an indication of the results that can be expected when uveal melanoma is managed by a variety of conservative techniques in a specialised ocular oncology service.
authors.affiliation: St Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK. dkent@liv.ac.uk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kent
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Noonan
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Damato
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004739:England; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D061766:Proton Therapy; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D011522:Protons
chemical_list: D011522:Protons