scholarly journals Extrascleral Tumor Extension Associated with Localized Scleral Melt following Plaque Brachytherapy for Uveal Melanoma: Clinical and Histologic Findings

2017 ◽  
pp. 93-99
Author(s):  
Chau M. Pham ◽  
Steven M. Couch ◽  
George J. Harocopos
Brachytherapy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1225-1231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander J. Lin ◽  
Yuan J. Rao ◽  
Sahaja Acharya ◽  
Julie Schwarz ◽  
Prabakar Kumar Rao ◽  
...  

Brachytherapy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. S19
Author(s):  
Shahed N. Badiyan ◽  
Rajesh C. Rao ◽  
Anthony J. Apicelli ◽  
Sahaja Acharya ◽  
Vivek Verma ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
pp. bjophthalmol-2019-314802
Author(s):  
Rumana Hussain ◽  
Florian Moritz Heussen ◽  
Heinrich Heimann

IntroductionUveal melanoma is most commonly treated with radiotherapy, destroying the tumour cells with adequate safety margins and limiting collateral damage to surrounding structures to preserve maximal vision. We used optical coherence tomography (OCT) to study the effects of radiotherapy on the retina.MethodsPatients with posteriorly located choroidal melanoma treated with proton beam radiotherapy (PBR) and ruthenium-106 brachytherapy between January 2010 and June 2014 underwent spectral domain OCT.ResultsImages of 32 patients following ruthenium-106 brachytherapy and 44 patients following proton beam teletherapy were analysed. Following plaque brachytherapy, an early marked disruption of the outer retinal layers could be observed in 30 cases (94%) with retinal atrophy evident in 26 cases (81%). In contrast, the images from patients who underwent PBR showed subtle outer retinal layer change with 16 cases (36%) showing some inner-outer segment junction disruption by 6 months and 63%  by 24 months with minimal atrophy. In cases with tumours <2 mm from the fovea, the visual loss was significantly less at 6 and 12 months in the proton beam group.ConclusionIn comparison to ruthenium-106 plaque brachytherapy, PBR leads to more subtle and slower changes in the outer retinal layers enabling retention of visual function for longer. The difference in dosing regime and dose distribution across the tumour is likely to be causative for this structural differential.


Brachytherapy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 584-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Barker ◽  
Jasmine H. Francis ◽  
Gil'ad N. Cohen ◽  
Brian P. Marr ◽  
Suzanne L. Wolden ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 138 (3) ◽  
pp. 518
Author(s):  
E.C. Sener ◽  
H. Kiratli ◽  
S. Gedik ◽  
A.S. Sanac

2011 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. S354
Author(s):  
K. Leonard ◽  
N. Gagne ◽  
J. Mignano ◽  
J. Duker ◽  
E. Bannon ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. E77-E78
Author(s):  
P. Jiang ◽  
G. Kanzia ◽  
D. Neumann ◽  
J. Roider ◽  
J. Dunst

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. e189-e194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinita Takiar ◽  
Dan S. Gombos ◽  
Firas Mourtada ◽  
Laura A. Rechner ◽  
Ann A. Lawyer ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Jiang ◽  
Konstantine Purtskhvanidze ◽  
Gerit Kandzia ◽  
Dirk Neumann ◽  
Ulf Luetzen ◽  
...  

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