Open AccessExperiences of two different modalities in the management of choroidal melanoma in the Asian Indian population
Author(s) -
Prajna Meeralakshmi,
Parag K Shah,
Venkatapathy Narendran
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
south asian journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-4306
pISSN - 2278-330X
DOI - 10.4103/sajc.sajc_160_16
Subject(s) - enucleation , medicine , brachytherapy , eye enucleation , surgery , melanoma , population , metastasis , choroidal melanoma , cancer , radiation therapy , environmental health , cancer research
Choroidal malignant melanoma is a rare intraocular cancer in Asian Indian population. There is a paucity of data from our population comparing iodine 125 (I-125) brachytherapy and enucleation.