Treatment of medium-sized juxtapapillary melanoma with external Co-60 photon therapy.
Twenty-six patients with medium-sized juxtapapillary choroidal melanomas were irradiated using D-shaped Co-60 beams. The overall 5-year actuarial survival was 86% with a trend towards better 5-year local control with 70 vs. 60 Gy (100 vs. 75%). Of patients with pre-treatment > or =20/200 visual acuity, 37% had functional vision at 5 years.
Roberge
David
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Division of Radiation Oncology, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, D5.400, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Que., Canada H3G 1A4.
Nordstrom
Scott
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Corriveau
Christine
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Gosselin
Micheline
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Olivares
Marina
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Shenouda
George
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017785:Photons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014792:Visual Acuity
D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes