Proton beam therapy for iris melanomas
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Proton beam radiotherapy of iris melanoma.
PURPOSE To report on outcomes after proton beam radiotherapy of iris melanoma. METHODS AND MATERIALS Between 1993 and 2004, 88 patients with iris melanoma received proton beam radiotherapy, with 53.1 Gy in 4 fractions. RESULTS The patients had a mean age of 52 years and a median follow-up of 2.7 years. The tumors had a median diameter of 4.3 mm, involving more than 2 clock hours of iris in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702102