[Quality of life in patients with choroidal melanoma].

Quality of life and cancer-related needs in patients with choroidal melanoma.

AIMS To assess quality of life (QoL) indices and their associations with treatment modality, sociodemographics and cancer-related needs in choroidal melanoma patients. METHODS Patients (N=99) treated at the University of California, Los Angeles, for choroidal melanoma within the prior 5 years (M=2.05) completed questionnaires assessing demographics, cancer-related needs, vision-specific QoL, ...

Fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic choroidal melanoma

INTERACTS (INTErventional Radiotherapy ACtive Teaching School) guidelines for quality assurance in choroidal melanoma interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) procedures

Eye plaque brachytherapy represents a safe and effective therapeutic approach for choroidal melanoma, combining clinical outcomes with an eye and visual preservation. As it represents a complex procedure, a specific quality assurance program is strongly suggested to improve patients and operators safety, and to reduce possible complications linked to surgical procedure and radiation exposure. T...

Late liver metastases of choroidal melanoma detected by laparoscopy.

Choroidal melanoma represents the primary intraocular malignancy in adults with a reported incidence of about 4000 cases per year. The liver is the sole site of metastases in more than 80% of cases and is affected in up to 90% of patients who develop metastatic disease. Patients with metastatic melanoma have usually a median survival of 6 months. In the present paper, the case of a 42-year-old ...

Microwave plaque thermoradiotherapy for choroidal melanoma.

Microwave thermoradiotherapy was used as a primary treatment for 44 patients with choroidal melanoma. An episcleral dish-shaped microwave antenna was placed beneath the tumour at the time of plaque brachytherapy. While temperatures were measured at the sclera, the tumour's apex was targeted to receive a minimum of 42 degrees C for 45 minutes. In addition, the patients received full or reduced d...