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Metastatic patterns of choroidal melanoma
Author(s) -
Einhorn Lawrence H.,
Burgess Michael A.,
Gottlieb Jeffrey A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197410)34:4<1001::aid-cncr2820340406>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - medicine , enucleation , metastatic melanoma , choroidal melanoma , melanoma , disease , metastasis , eye enucleation , surgery , radiology , oncology , cancer , cancer research
Twenty‐five patients with choroidal melanoma are presented who subsequently developed disseminated disease. Fifteen of 25 patients developed hepatic metastases as the sole initial manifestation of metastatic disease. The median time from enucleation to hepatic metastases was 43 months and the survival from onset of metastatic spread was 7 months.