ArticleBMC ophthalmology2022
Retrospective analysis of secondary enucleation for uveal melanoma after plaque radiotherapy.
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- Non-invasive prediction of the secondary enucleation risk in uveal melanoma based on pretreatment CT and MRI prior to stereotactic radiotherapy.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2026Article
- Histopathological characteristics of secondary enucleation after iodide-125 plaque radiotherapy in Chinese patients with uveal melanoma.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Tumour control, eye retention and visual acuity after radiotherapy for choroidal melanoma.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Anatomical outcome after brachytherapy with bi-nuclide (Ru-106/Iodine-125) plaques in large uveal melanomas.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Retinal Oxygen Kinetics and Hemodynamics in Choroidal Melanoma After Iodine-125 Plaque Radiotherapy Using a Novel Structural-Functional Imaging Analysis System.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Radiotherapy in Uveal Melanoma: A Review of Ocular Complications.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Review
- Post-enucleation outcomes of patients with uveal melanoma in Scotland.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundUveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults. Plaque brachytherapy (PRT) is widely accepted as an effective globe-conserving treatment modality for UM. However, local treatment failure and complications lead to the enucleation of irradiated eyes. We conducted this study to explore the causes and long-term prognosis for UM patients who accepted secondary enucleation after plaque radiotherapy.
methodsThis was a retrospective cohort study. Data of patients who underwent secondary enucleation for UM after plaque radiotherapy, from July 2007 to July 2019, at Beijing Tongren Hospital were analyzed. Kaplan-Meier analysis was performed to assess the probability of indications, metastasis, and metastasis-related death. Cox regression analysis was used to analyze associations of the prognostic factors.
resultsEight hundred and eighty patients were clinically diagnosed with uveal melanoma and initially treated by iodine-125 plaque radiotherapy, 132 of whom underwent secondary enucleation and pathological examination in the same hospital. Fifty-two (39.4%) eyes were enucleated simply because of uncontrollable neovascular glaucoma (NVG). Forty-four (33.3%) patients suffered from tumor recurrence. Tumor non-response occurred in 18 (13.6%) cases. Ten (7.6%) eyes received enucleation entirely due to other types of glaucoma. Failure to preserve the eyes for other reasons occurred in eight (6.1%) patients. At a median follow-up of 58.1 [IQR: 40.9-90.5] months, the systemic spread was detected in 45 (34.1%) patients, and 38 of them died. On multivariate analysis, tumor largest basal diameter (HR 1.15 [95% CI: 1.01, 1.31]), tumor non-response (HR 7.22 [95% CI: 2.63, 19.82]), and recurrence (HR 3.29 [95% CI: 1.54, 7.07]) were risk factors for metastasis. Increased age (HR 1.54 [95% CI: 1.07, 2.23]), tumor non-response (HR 7.91 [95% CI: 2.79, 22.48]), and recurrence (HR 3.08 [95% CI: 1.13, 7.23]) were risk factors for metastasis-related death.
conclusionsNVG was the major reason for secondary enucleation for Chinese UM patients after PRT. Tumor non-response and recurrence were associated with a significantly higher risk of long-term metastasis and metastasis-related death.
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