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Conservative treatment of ocular melanoma is used whenever possible.The Genoa ocular oncology study group (GOOSG) treated small and medium choroidal melanomas (thickness < 5 mm) with ruthenium plaque, except for tumours located near the optic disc. These and medium-large melanomas were treated with proton beam irradiation. We evalueted the results of such conservative treatment for choroidal melanomas of the posterior pole.
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Mosci, C., Polizzi, A., Ravazzoni, L. (1998). Conservative treatment of choroidal melanomas of the posterior pole. In: Coscas, G., Piccolino, F.C. (eds) Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Macular Diseases. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 62. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5137-5_34
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