Radiotherapy may not improve outcomes in uveal melanoma with extraocular extension

Source: Healio, February 2021

There was no significant difference in survival in eyes that underwent enucleation for uveal melanoma with extraocular extension between postoperative orbital external beam radiotherapy vs. observation, according to a poster presentation.

“The purpose of the present study was to improve evidence-based management of patients with [extraocular extension] from [uveal melanoma] undergoing enucleation,” Kelsey A. Roelofs, MD, FRCSC, and colleagues wrote in the poster presented at the virtual American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery annual meeting.

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