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ArticleIn vivo (Athens, Greece)

Iodine Plaque Brachytherapy a Customized Conservative Approach to the Management of Medium/Large-sized Uveal Melanoma.

Concetta Laliscia, Franco Perrone, Federica Cresti, Francesca Guido, Taiusha Fuentes, Cecilia Trippa, Fabiola Paiar, Guglielmo Pellegrini, Federica Genovesi Ebert

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Concetta LalisciaDepartment of New Technologies and Translational Research, Division of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; c.laliscia@ao-pisa.toscana.it concettalaliscia@gmail.com.
Franco PerroneDepartment of Medical Physics, Division of Medical Physics, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Federica CrestiDepartment of Ophthalmic Surgery, Division of Ophthalmic Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Francesca GuidoDepartment of Ophthalmic Surgery, Division of Ophthalmic Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Taiusha FuentesDepartment of New Technologies and Translational Research, Division of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Cecilia TrippaDepartment of New Technologies and Translational Research, Division of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Fabiola PaiarDepartment of New Technologies and Translational Research, Division of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Guglielmo PellegriniDepartment of Ophthalmic Surgery, Division of Ophthalmic Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Federica Genovesi EbertDepartment of Ophthalmic Surgery, Division of Ophthalmic Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimThe objective of this study was to assess the role of iodine ( PATIENTS AND

methodsThis is a retrospective study of 50 patients (median age 67 years; range=33-86 years) with uveal melanoma, treated with

resultsInclusion criteria comprised Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤2, life expectancy >6 months, and tumor thickness ≤10 mm and\or diameter ≤20 mm. All the patients were treated with

conclusion

Indexed as

BrachytherapyIodine RadioisotopesMelanomaUveal NeoplasmsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDisease ManagementFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeUveal MelanomaIodine-125Iodine Radioisotopesbrachytherapyeye preservationUveal melanoma

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PMID38936895
PMCPMC11215617

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