Current management of uveal melanoma
Current management of uveal melanoma: A review - PubMed
Uveal melanoma is the most frequent primary intraocular cancer in adulthood and is mostly localised to the choroid.
Current management of uveal melanoma: A review - Bai - 2023
The globe-conserving rate of patients with UM treated by proton beam irradiation (PBI) is over 85%, and the 5-year survival rate is above 80%.
Intraocular (Uveal) Melanoma Treatment - NCI
There are different types of treatment for intraocular melanoma. The most common treatment is surgery. Radiation therapy, photocoagulation ...
Current Trials in Uveal Melanoma - Retinal Physician
Radiation therapy of uveal melanoma has been practiced for more than 100 years. ... With high local control rates (95%), visually debilitating ...
Clinical management of uveal melanoma: a comprehensive review ...
Despite recent advances in management, more than half of the patients develop metastatic disease which portends poor survival. Currently, treatment options ...
Management of Uveal Melanoma: Updated Cancer Care Alberta ...
In patients who are currently disease-free but who would qualify for treatment should metastases develop, surveillance should be offered that may consist of ...
Uveal melanoma: Current evidence on prognosis, treatment and ...
This review delves into the history of uveal melanoma, its incidence, presentation and diagnosis, the known prognostic factors and the treatment options.
Recent approaches for the treatment of uveal melanoma
Primary methods for treatment of UM involves surgery Proton Beam Therapy (PBT), Plaque Brachytherapy, phototherapy, and Charged Particle Radiation Therapy (CPT) ...
Treating Eye Melanoma by Location and Size
Large melanomas: The standard treatment for these cancers is usually radiation. Proton beam therapy and stereotactic radiation therapy are ...
The Current State of Systemic Therapy of Metastatic Uveal Melanoma
This narrative review provides a timely and comprehensive overview of the current treatment landscape for metastatic UM.
Initial management of uveal and conjunctival melanomas - UpToDate
Outline · Transpupillary thermotherapy · Photodynamic therapy · Laser photocoagulation.
Current and Emerging Radiotherapy Options for Uveal Melanoma
The discussion of EBRT is given for treatments using protons and high-energy photons (linac and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery). The radiation treatment of ...
Current management of uveal melanoma
Recent studies of tumor doubling times suggest that uveal melanomas may often metastasize very early, before primary treatment when the primary tumor is small, ...
Current management of uveal melanoma: A review. — CHDR
Uveal melanoma is the most frequent primary intraocular cancer in adulthood and is mostly localised to the choroid.
External Beam Radiotherapy in the Management of Uveal Melanoma
Uveal melanoma is the most common primary ocular tumor in adults. With the evidence demonstrating that episcleral plaque brachytherapy (EPB) ...
Choroidal and Ciliary Body Melanoma - EyeWiki
Posterior uveal melanomas typically present as a unilateral elevated domed-shaped gray-brown colored mass of the choroid with irregular margins.
Current Management of Uveal Melanoma - Medscape
Here, we review current options for the management of uveal melanoma and discuss likely future directions in management of both the primary tumor and ...
primary treatment.7. Brachytherapy is the most common method for treating uveal melanoma and currently the ruthenium-106. (Ru-106) and iodine-125 (I-125) ...
Metastatic disease from uveal melanoma: treatment options and ...
There is currently little published evidence for the optimal management and treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma and the lack of effective therapies in this ...
Current management of uveal melanoma: A review - ResearchGate
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