Screening for conjunctival melanoma metastasis: literature review.
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چکیده
Local tumour control in conjunctival melanoma has improved in recent years. However the tumour-related death rate of these patients is still 14% at 5 years up to 33% at 15 years. With the introduction of sentinel node biopsies for conjunctival melanomas with a poor prognosis and screening for locoregional and distant metasases prognosis might be improved.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Bulletin de la Societe belge d'ophtalmologie
دوره 306 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007