Melphalan intra-arterial chemotherapy for choroidal melanoma chemoreduction

Abstract Background Intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) has been used to treat multiple cancers including liver metastasis from uveal and cutaneous melanoma but not as primary tumor treatment. We report the compassionate use of chemoreduction with intra-arterial melphalan before ruthenium brachytherap...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Jorge, Igor Coelho, Gustavo Viani, Amanda Alexia R. Vieira, Fernando Chahud, Daniel G. Abud, Zelia M. Correa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:International Journal of Retina and Vitreous
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40942-022-00404-1