title: [Ocular melanoma].
abstract: Ocular melanoma is a rare tumour with a poor prognosis when initial tumour burden is large. In France, the disease incidence is estimated to 7/1,000,000 persons. Except for the presence of an Ota's naevus, no risk factor has been clearly identified. In many patients, radiotherapy offers an alternative local therapy to surgery. No adjuvant treatment has demonstrated any benefit. Treatment of metastatic disease has to be precised.
authors.affiliation: Département de médecine oncologique, Institut Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex. thierry.dorval@curie.net
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dorval
authors.forename: Rémi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dendale
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Desjardins
mesh_terms: D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy