Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 47-49 , January 2008

Episcleral brachytherapy as simultaneous treatment of choroidal melanoma and neovascular membrane

  • María A. Saornil

      Affiliations

    • Ophthalmology Department, Ocular Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinico Universitario Valladolid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Hospital Clinico Universitario, Ophthalmology Department, Ocular Oncology Unit, Ramon y Cajal 5, 47005 Valladolid, Spain. Tel.: +34-983-420073; fax: +34-983-257511.
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  • Janneth S. Hincapié

      Affiliations

    • Ophthalmology Department, Ocular Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinico Universitario Valladolid, Spain
    • Fundación Carolina postgraduate master, Instituto Universitario de Oftalmobiología Aplicada, Valladolid, Spain
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  • Francisco López-Lara

      Affiliations

    • Oncology and Radiotherapy Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain
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  • Maria I. López

      Affiliations

    • Ophthalmology Department, Ocular Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinico Universitario Valladolid, Spain
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  • Gonzalo Blanco

      Affiliations

    • Ophthalmology Department, Ocular Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinico Universitario Valladolid, Spain
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  • Jesus M. De Frutos

      Affiliations

    • Oncology and Radiotherapy Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain

Received 8 June 2007 ,Revised 10 October 2007 ,Accepted 29 October 2007.

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PII: S1538-4721(07)00280-2

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2007.10.004

Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 47-49 , January 2008

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