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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
Novel plaques are used to treat iris melanoma at the Mayo Clinic Rochester. The plaques are a modification of the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) 22 mm plaque design with a gold alloy backing, outer lip, and silicone polymer insert. An inner lip surrounds a 10 mm diameter cutout region at the plaque center. Plaques span 360°, 270°, and 180° arcs. This article describes dosimetry for these plaques and others used in the treatment of anterior eye melanomas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1879-355X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1261-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Modified COMS plaques for 125I and 103Pd iris melanoma brachytherapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Ottawa Carleton Institute of Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada. rthomson@physics.carleton.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't