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Treatment of medium-sized juxtapapillary melanoma with external Co-60 photon therapy.

Roberge D, Nordstrom S, Corriveau C, Gosselin M, Olivares M, Shenouda G

Division of Radiation Oncology, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, D5.400, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Que., Canada H3G 1A4.

Twenty-six patients with medium-sized juxtapapillary choroidal melanomas were irradiated using D-shaped Co-60 beams. The overall 5-year actuarial survival was 86% with a trend towards better 5-year local control with 70 vs. 60 Gy (100 vs. 75%). Of patients with pre-treatment > or =20/200 visual acuity, 37% had functional vision at 5 years.

Published 1 February 2005 in Radiother Oncol, 74(1): 71-3.
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