Effectiveness of treatment for iris melanoma: surgical versus radiotherapeutic approaches

CONCLUSIONS: Metastasis-free survival and globe salvage following plaque radiotherapy and surgical resection are not inferior to either, but eyes undergoing enucleation demonstrated a lower metastasis-free survival, likely because enucleation is performed for larger, more extensive melanomas, often with secondary glaucoma. In this analysis, iris melanoma with ciliary body involvement did not increase the risk of metastasis.PMID:38040029 | DOI:10.1016/j.jcjo.2023.10.021

Source: Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology - December 1, 2023 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Philip W Dockery Joseph D DeSimone Catherine K Liu Kathryn Achuck Jordan Hamburger Zeynep Bas Carol L Shields Source Type: research