The beginning of using X-rays and the evolution of equipment for the treatment of ocular cancer.
Until the early 20thcentury enucleation of the eyeball or its partial excision were the basic treatments for ocular cancer. The discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) offered new possibilities to the treatment of ocular cancer either as mono or as adjuvant therapy. Nowdays this treatment is more sophisticated.
1st Ophthalmological Department, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athinodorou 1, Kato Petralona, 118 53, Athens, Greece. konstlaios@gmail.com.
Konstantinos
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Laios
Maria
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Zozolou
George
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Generalis
Maria
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Lymperi
Chryssanthy
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Koutsandrea
Marilita M
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Moschos
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