Initial results with one-year minimum follow-up of the first 146 patients with a uveal melanoma treated with protons at CPO (Orsay)

P Schlienger; J L Habrand; L Schwartz; L Desjardins; F d'Hermies; E Frau; A Mazal; S Delacroix; C Nauraye; R Ferrand; M Louis

doi:10.1016/0924-4212(96)84915-2

Initial results with one-year minimum follow-up of the first 146 patients with a uveal melanoma treated with protons at CPO (Orsay)

Bull Cancer Radiother. 1996:83 Suppl:212s-4s. doi: 10.1016/0924-4212(96)84915-2.

Authors

P Schlienger¹, J L Habrand, L Schwartz, L Desjardins, F d'Hermies, E Frau, A Mazal, S Delacroix, C Nauraye, R Ferrand, M Louis

Affiliation

¹ Institut Curie, Paris, France.

PMID: 8949782
DOI: 10.1016/0924-4212(96)84915-2

Abstract

Proton therapy began at the 'Centre de Protonthérapie d'Orsay' (CPO) in September 1991. Our treatment protocol and the preliminary results have been presented on the first 146 irradiated patients with one-year minimal follow-up. The subsequent developments have also been mentioned.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Clinical Protocols
Eye / radiation effects
Humans
Melanoma / radiotherapy*
Melanoma / therapy
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Protons*
Radiotherapy Dosage
Radiotherapy, High-Energy* / adverse effects
Radiotherapy, High-Energy* / methods
Survival Rate
Uveal Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Uveal Neoplasms / therapy
Visual Acuity / radiation effects

Substances

Protons