TY  - JOUR
T1  - HElium ion therapy for choroidal melanoma
AU  - Char DH, Castro JR, Stone RD, et al
Y1  - 1982/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archopht.1982.01030030943008
JO  - Archives of Ophthalmology
SP  - 935
EP  - 938
VL  - 100
IS  - 6
N2  - • Forty patients with choroidal melanomas received radiation therapy with helium ion-charged particles. Thirty-six of 40 patients either remained stable or demonstrated tumor shrinkage. Seventeen of 18 patients followed up for at least one year after therapy demonstrated tumor regression, with a mean tumor shrinkage of approximately 40%. The most effective method of choroidal melanoma management is unclear. Charged-particle external-beam irradiation may be more applicable and have less ocular morbidity than either radioactive plaques or photocoagulation.
SN  - 0003-9950
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archopht.1982.01030030943008
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1982.01030030943008
ER  -