| Literature DB >> 3415941 |
K S Adams1, D H Abramson, R M Ellsworth, B G Haik, M Bedford, S Packer, J Seddon, D Albert, L Polivogianis.
Abstract
Two hundred and twenty-three patients treated by cobalt plaque for uveal melanoma were compared with 416 patients treated by enucleation for uveal melanoma in terms of patient survival. The median follow-up time for the patients treated by cobalt plaque was 4.3 years. Kaplan-Meier survival curves were calculated up to five years following treatment based on time to tumour-related deaths. Cox's proportional hazards multivariate analysis was performed to determine which variables were related to melanoma-related deaths while controlling for age, size, and location of the tumours. Statistically significant predictive factors were location of tumour and largest tumour dimension. There was not a statistically significant difference in survival between patients treated by cobalt plaque and those treated by enucleation.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID： 3415941 PMCID： PMC1041512 DOI： 10.1136/bjo.72.7.494
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Ophthalmol ISSN： 0007-1161 Impact factor: 4.638