PT Finger - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2000 - bjo.bmj.com RESULTS Only one patient (4%) plaqued for an anterior uveal melanoma developed
secondary retinopathy (cystoid macular oedema). In contrast, 24 (52%) of the
posterior choroidal melanoma patients developed retinopathy (p value ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
PT Finger - American journal of ophthalmology, 2001 - Elsevier RESULTS: After plaque radiation therapy, the melanomas decreased in thickness
(mean 47%) in all 22 eyes, and no secondary enucleation was performed. One
patient died of metastatic melanoma 5 years after radiation therapy. ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 13 versions
PT Finger, D Lu, A Buffa, DS DeBlasio, JL … - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION …, 1993 - osti.gov A dosimetry study compared the use of I-125 vs.^Pd-103 radioactive seeds for
ophthalmic plaque brachytherapy.^Pd-103 seeds in ophthalmic plaques were used to
treat 15 patients with intraocular malignant melanoma.^Computer-aided ... Cited by 35 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 4 versions
PT Finger, A Berson, A Szechter - Ophthalmology, 1999 - Elsevier Palladium-103 ophthalmic plaque radiotherapy was employed for each patient. Eye
plaques were sewn to the episclera to cover the base of the intraocular tumor,
radiation was continuously delivered over 5 to 7 days, and then the plaques ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 23 versions
PT Finger - Ophthalmology, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study is to evaluate clinically the use of
microwave-heating (hyperthermia) as an adjuvant to ophthalmic plaque irradiation
for treatment of patients with uveal melanoma. Hyperthermia was also used ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
MD Finger, T Paul, DM Moshfeghi, TK Ho - Archives of Ophthalmology, 1991 - archopht.highwire.org \s=b\ We compared the ocular radiation distribution of palladium 103 (103Pd) vs
iodine 125 (125I) ophthalmic plaques sewn to 12 human donor eyes. We then per-
formed preoperative comparative simula- tions on the first seven patients ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - All 4 versions
PE Liggett, C Ma, M Astrahan, KJ Pince, R … - Ophthalmology, 1991 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Ten patients with large melanomas and one patient with recurrent retinoblastoma
were treated with combined localized current field (LCF) hyperthermia and iodine
125 irradiation delivered by episcleral plaque. Tumors were heated to 43 ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - All 3 versions
FA Marigo, PT Finger - Survey of ophthalmology, 2003 - Elsevier The most common anterior segment tumors are primary neuroepithelial cysts, uveal
melanomas, metastatic tumors, and benign tumors. In the majority of cases, the
diagnosis can be made utilizing a careful clinical history and ocular ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - All 12 versions
PT Finger - Survey of ophthalmology, 1997 - Elsevier Radiotherapy offers patients with malignant melanoma of the choroid an eye and a
vision-sparing alternative to enucleation. The most commonly used forms of
radiotherapy are ophthalmic plaque brachytherapy and charged-particle ... Cited by 134 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
