Radiation Oncology

In this scenario, is systemic treatment better given bilateral involvement? In a patient who has already had cataract surgery and is not at risk for c...

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When should proton beam therapy be considered for uveal melanoma?

Are there exclusion criteria?

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How do you account for tumor growth from pre-operative to intra-operative ultrasound for uveal melanoma?

Do you prescribe to 5mm/apex or use a margin? Do you add time for tumor growth or allow less than the prescription dose to the apex?

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When is postoperative radiation indicated after enucleation of an ocular melanoma?

Is extrascleral extension or optic nerve invasion an indication? I can find little in the literature or textbooks discussing this issue, likely ...

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Ophthalmology, 2002-10

Late radiation failures after iodine 125 brachytherapy for uveal melanoma compared with charged-particle (proton or helium ion) therapy.

Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 2002-12

Evidence-based estimates of outcome in patients irradiated for intraocular melanoma.

Am. J. Ophthalmol.,

The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) randomized trial of pre-enucleation radiation of large choroidal melanoma: IV. Ten-year mortality findings and prognostic factors. COMS report number 24.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2001-03-15

Proton radiation therapy for medium and large choroidal melanoma: preservation of the eye and its functionality.

Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 2017 Feb 17

Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Fractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Uveal Melanoma.

Br J Ophthalmol, 2013 Jan 19

A comparison between ¹²⁵Iodine brachytherapy and stereotactic radiotherapy in the management of juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma.

JAMA Ophthalmol,

Retrospective evaluation of patients with uveal melanoma treated by stereotactic radiosurgery with and without tumor resection.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2013-05-01

Charged particle radiation therapy for uveal melanoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2017-01-01

Temporal Evolution and Dose-Volume Histogram Predictors of Visual Acuity After Proton Beam Radiation Therapy of Uveal Melanoma.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2015-06-01

Long-term Results of the UCSF-LBNL Randomized Trial: Charged Particle With Helium Ion Versus Iodine-125 Plaque Therapy for Choroidal and Ciliary Body Melanoma.

Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys.,

Maximizing local tumor control and survival after proton beam radiotherapy of uveal melanoma.

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2006-11

Proton beam irradiation of uveal melanomas: the first 30 years. The Weisenfeld Lecture.

PloS one, 2015

Cost-effectiveness of proton beam therapy for intraocular melanoma.

Br J Ophthalmol, 2013 May 03

Local treatment failure after globe-conserving therapy for choroidal melanoma.

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2016 Jan 28

Practice Patterns Analysis of Ocular Proton Therapy Centers: The International OPTIC Survey.

Saudi J Ophthalmol,

Proton beam radiotherapy of uveal melanoma.

, 2016 Apr 26

Lymphoid hyperplasia of the orbit and ocular adnexa: A clinical pathologic review.

American journal of clinical oncology, 1992-10

Radiotherapy of lymphoproliferative diseases of the orbit. Surveillance of 65 cases.

Am J Clin Oncol,

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Use of Photon-based Stereotactic Radiosurgery Versus Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Uveal Melanoma.

Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 2000-09

Plaque radiotherapy for uveal melanoma: long-term visual outcome in 1106 consecutive patients.

Brachytherapy, 2015

Prescribing to tumor apex in episcleral plaque iodine-125 brachytherapy for medium-sized choroidal melanoma: A single-institutional retrospective review.

Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2021 Feb 18

Plaque brachytherapy in iris and iridociliary melanoma: a systematic review of efficacy and complications.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2009-11-15

Visual outcome and tumor control after conformal radiotherapy for patients with optic nerve sheath meningioma.

Mayo Clinic proceedings, 1978-02

Visual prognosis of optic nerve sheath meningiomas producing shunt vessels on the optic disk.

Current opinion in ophthalmology, 2020 Nov

Optic nerve sheath meningioma.

Journal of Cancer, 2025 Feb 10

Malignant Transformation of Meningiomas.

Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 2025 Jun 27

Stereotactic radiosurgery for optic nerve sheath meningiomas: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.

Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2022 Sep 22

Long-Term Visual Function After Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma: A Retrospective Analysis of 34 Subjects.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2025 May 09

Hypofractionated Radiosurgery (25 Gy/5 Fractions) for Optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas: Results From an Exploratory Phase 2 Prospective Trial.

Journal of neuro-oncology, 2009 Apr 01

Fractionated stereotactic radiation therapy in the management of primary optic nerve sheath meningiomas.

Eye (London, England), 2023 Jun 22

The treatment efficacy of radiotherapy for optic nerve sheath meningioma.

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 2021 Oct 21

Radiotherapy for the treatment of optic nerve sheath meningioma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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