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Brachytherapy in the Management of Uveal Melanoma

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Radiotherapy of Intraocular and Orbital Tumors

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The most common primary intraocular tumor is uveal melanoma, with an incidence of 6 cases per million per year (Sphields And Shields 1992a). In the United States, it represents less than 0.2% of all cancers (American Cancer Society 1990).

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  1. MCP - Hahnemann University Hospital, Broad & Vine Sts., Mail Stop 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA

    J. E. Freire MD, L. W. Brady MD & A. Youssef MD

  2. University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Z. Petrovich MD, FACR

  3. Philadelphia and Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Ninth and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA

    J. A. Shields MD & C. L. Shields MD

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Freire, J.E., Brady, L.W., Petrovich, Z., Youssef, A., Shields, J.A., Shields, C.L. (2003). Brachytherapy in the Management of Uveal Melanoma. In: Sagerman, R.H., Alberti, W.E. (eds) Radiotherapy of Intraocular and Orbital Tumors. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55910-5_5

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