Current concepts in uveal melanoma

by Jager, Martine

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Title Statements

Full title :Current concepts in uveal melanoma / volume editors, Martine J. Jager [and others].

Summary

Uveal melanoma is an aggressive form of cancer that can involve the iris, the ciliary body, and/or the choroid, which is the main location of this tumor. Patients often wish to be informed about treatment choices and the results of different approaches. Important current clinical questions are whether a biopsy should be taken of choroidal melanomas, what should be done with this biopsy, and whether high-risk patients should be screened regularly. This volume describes the clinical characteristics of uveal melanoma along with the different current techniques available for treatment, such as radioactive plaque treatment, proton beam therapy, and local tumor resection. Furthermore, techniques for taking biopsies and characterizing biopsy material are demonstrated. Future therapies such as anti-VEGF treatment and options for the treatment of metastases are also discussed. Residents with an interest in ocular oncology, ophthalmologists or physicians dealing with uveal melanoma, as well as patients wishing to know more about this malignancy will find a topical update on uveal melanoma in this publication.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Karger
Place of Publication:Basel
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (viii, 186 pages) : : illustrations (some color)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783805597913, 3805597916
DOI:10.1159/isbn.978-3-8055-9791-3
oclc:ocn770276354
LC Classification:RC280.E9
Dewey Decimal:616.99/477

Diagnosis of uveal melanoma -- Treatment selection for uveal melanoma -- Ruthenium-106 brachytherapy -- Treatment of uveal melanoma by accelerated proton beam -- Stereotactic photon beam irradiation of uveal melanoma -- Local resection of uveal melanoma -- Biopsies in uveal melanoma -- Analysis of intraocular biopsies -- Anti-angiogenic therapy in uveal melanoma -- Immunotherapy of uveal melanoma -- Genetic determinants of uveal melanoma -- Therapeutic options in metastatic uveal melanoma.

Subjects

Internet resources Melanom -- behandling Melanoma -- diagnosis Melanoma -- therapy Melanoma -- Treatment Mélanome -- Traitement Ögon -- behandling Uvea -- Cancer Uveal Neoplasms -- diagnosis Uveal Neoplasms -- therapy Uvée -- Cancer