What dose would you use for a plaque brachytherapy for a melanoma involving the iris?
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What's the preferred dose of plaque brachytherapy for uveal melanomas involving the iris?
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Radiation Oncology · University of Arizona
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The following isotopes have been used for radioactive plaque therapy to treat choroidal melanomas: 125I, 103Pd, and 131Cs as low-energy seeds, and 106Ru as β emitter. The dose used for uveal melanomas is between 80-90Gy with most studies reporting doses ~85 Shields et al., PMID 10980767. In this lar...
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