The COMS randomized trial of iodine 125 brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma, III: initial mortality findings. COMS Report No. 18.

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Published in Arch Ophthalmol on July 01, 2001

Authors

M Diener-West, J D Earle, S L Fine, B S Hawkins, C S Moy, S M Reynolds, A P Schachat, B R Straatsma, Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Group

Associated clinical trials:

Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) | NCT00000124

Safety and Efficacy of Silicone Oil Tamponade for Surgical Attenuation of Radiation Damage in Choroidal Melanoma | NCT01460810

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