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Uveal Melanoma: Phototherapy

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Several types of phototherapy for uveal melanoma exist. Methods such as transpupillary thermotherapy and photodynamic therapy remain in common use, whereas others such as photocoagulation are important for historical context. AU-011 is a novel photosensitizing agent which has shown some promise for treating smaller melanomas. In general, phototherapy of uveal melanomas is less reliable than radiotherapy and is therefore not widely deployed as primary treatment.

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  1. Liverpool Ocular Oncology Service, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK

    Heinrich Heimann

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, The Permanente Medical Group, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Michael I. Seider

  3. University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Michael I. Seider

  4. Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

    Bertil E. Damato

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Heimann, H., Seider, M.I., Damato, B.E. (2019). Uveal Melanoma: Phototherapy. In: Damato, B., Singh, A. (eds) Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17879-6_15

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