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Posterior uveal melanoma in young patients treated with proton beam therapy
Demetrios Vavvas1, Ivana Kim, Anne Marie Lane
1Retina Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA. demetrios_vavvas@meei.harvard.edu
Purpose:
The purpose was to study the clinical profile and prognosis of young patients with uveal melanoma treated by proton beam irradiation.
Methods:
A retrospective case-control series was studied. Seventeen patients aged
Results:
Of a total of 3,207 patients with uveal melanoma, 17 patients were
Conclusion:
There was an excellent outcome regarding metastasis in a cohort of young patients with posterior uveal melanoma treated with proton beam irradiation.
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