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Classification of Retinal and Retinal Pigment Epithelium Tumors

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This chapter provides an introduction to tumors of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium. Here, the term “tumor” is used in its broadest sense as a mass. An overview is given on the utility and limitations of classification systems in general. A suggested framework for tumors of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium is presented so that the reader can adapt to an ocular oncology practice. Finally, a few examples are provided.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology and Davidoff Center for Oncology, Rabin Medical Center/Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Petach Tikva, Israel

    Ehud Reich

  2. Department of Eye Pathology, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK

    Caroline Thaung

  3. Department of Ocular Oncology, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK

    Mandeep S. Sagoo

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  1. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Arun D. Singh

  2. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Bertil E. Damato

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Reich, E., Thaung, C., Sagoo, M.S. (2019). Classification of Retinal and Retinal Pigment Epithelium Tumors. In: Singh, A., Damato, B. (eds) Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04113-7_1

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