Advances in the management of conjunctival melanoma
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Management of conjunctival melanoma.
Invasive conjunctival melanoma can arise de novo, from nevus or from melanoma in situ. The literature reports that after treatment of invasive conjunctival melanoma more than 50% of patients develop local tumor recurrence, with 20% eventually requiring orbital exenteration and 20-30% developing fatal metastasis. Our results have improved since we replaced adjuvant cryotherapy with radiotherapy ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Survey of Ophthalmology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0039-6257
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2016.06.001