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External Beam Radiotherapy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration — an Ineffective Treatment Approach?

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Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is the leading cause of progressive and irreversible loss of vision in the elderly population, affecting approximately one in three people over the age of 65. It is currently incurable and is characterized by progressive degeneration of the sensory retina, supporting retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and choriocapillaris, which constitutes the blood supply to the outer retina (BRESSLER et a11990; CHERASKIN 1992; SOuBRANE et al. 1990; STEVENS et al. 1997; VINGERLING et al. 1995). Historically, ARMD was first reported as “senile” macular degeneration in 1885 by Otto Haab (HAAB 1885). In 1967, Gass clarified the understanding of ARMD, indicating that drusen, senile macular degeneration, and senile disciform macular degeneration represent a single disease entity in different phases (GASS 1967).

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cologne, Josef-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, 50933, Cologne, Germany

    Susanne Staar MD, M. Kocher MD & R.P. Mueller MD

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Josef-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, 50933, Cologne, Germany

    R. Krott MD & K. Heimann MD

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  1. Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Martinistr.52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Winfried E. Alberti MD (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Martinistr.52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Gisbert Richard MD (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA

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Staar, S., Krott, R., Kocher, M., Mueller, R., Heimann, K. (2001). External Beam Radiotherapy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration — an Ineffective Treatment Approach?. In: Alberti, W.E., Richard, G., Sagerman, R.H. (eds) Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56439-0_16

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