Proton irradiation of malignant melanoma of the ciliary body.
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Proton irradiation of malignant melanoma of the ciliary body.
This is our first case of malignant melanoma of the ciliary body treated with proton beam irradiation, a technique that we developed for irradiating choroidal melanomas. After 21 months of follow-up no growth of the tumour has been observed, and shrinkage of the tumour was noted on the follow-up photographs and by ultrasonography. The 32P uptake test, which was positive before treatment, turned...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.63.2.135