Characteristics, Management, and Outcome of Patients with Uveal Melanoma Treated by Iodine-125 Radioactive Plaque Therapy in a Single Tertiary Cancer Center in Jordan
Conclusion Our preliminary results are encouraging and are comparable to another countries worldwide. The use of Iodine -125 COMs plaque therapy at the inspection of implementation of plaque therapy in the developing countries can lead to eye salvage in more than 90% of cases, and reserves functional vision in more than 50% of cases.
Source: Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology - Category: Opthalmology Source Type: research
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