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[Choroidal melanoma: current therapeutic approaches].

P De Potter1

  • 1Unité d'Oncologie Oculaire, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, 10 Avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgique.

Journal Francais D'Ophtalmologie
|April 10, 2002
PubMed
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Conservative treatments like transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) and radiotherapy are increasingly used for uveal melanoma. Enucleation offers similar survival rates to these focal therapies for large melanomas.

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Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Oncology
  • Medical Physics

Background:

  • Management of posterior uveal melanoma has shifted towards focal conservative treatments.
  • Transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) is a recent modality for choroidal melanoma.
  • Radiotherapy and surgical resection are established treatments for uveal melanoma.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current management strategies for posterior uveal melanoma.
  • To compare the efficacy and complications of various treatment modalities.
  • To assess the role of conservative treatments versus enucleation.

Main Methods:

  • Review of ophthalmology literature on uveal melanoma management.
  • Analysis of treatment outcomes for TTT, plaque radiotherapy, charged-particle irradiation, stereotactic radiation therapy, and local tumor resection.

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  • Comparison of complication rates and tumor control between different modalities.

    • Main Results:

    • TTT is used as primary or adjunctive therapy.
    • Plaque radiotherapy and charged-particle irradiation show similar tumor control, but charged-particle may cause more anterior-segment complications.
    • Combined therapies (radiotherapy + TTT or resection + TTT) reduce intraocular recurrence.

    Conclusions:

    • Conservative treatments are evolving for uveal melanoma.
    • Enucleation provides comparable survival prognosis to conservative methods for large melanomas.
    • Further follow-up is needed to confirm the long-term efficacy of newer techniques like endoresection.