Comment on Rivas et al. Unexpectedly Low Rate of Metastasis and Death Among Patients Treated for Uveal Melanoma with Brachytherapy, Vitrectomy, and Silicone Oil.

Zelia M Correa, J William Harbour, Brian P Marr, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, David Reichstein, Miguel A Materin, Amy C Schefler, Alison Skalet

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Article in Cancers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Zelia M CorreaBascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2946-3757

J William HarbourDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1104-9809

Brian P MarrDepartment of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.

Prithvi MruthyunjayaByers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

David ReichsteinTennessee Retina, Nashville, TN 37203, USA.

Miguel A MaterinDuke University Eye Center, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9097-9512

Amy C ScheflerRetina Consultants of Texas, Houston, TX 77046, USA.

Alison SkaletCasey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.

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Abstract

As the executive leadership of the Collaborative Ocular Oncology Group (COOG), which has conducted the largest prospective clinical studies ever performed in patients with uveal melanoma, we read with concern the recent report by Rivas, Samlowski and McCannel, which claims that brachytherapy combined with vitrectomy and silicone oil injection results in an "unexpectedly low rate" of metastasis and death in patients with uveal melanoma [...].

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PMID42073534

DOI10.3390/cancers18081208

PMCPMC13115373

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