Despite the highly successful treatment outcomes for achieving local tumor control, long-term survival rates for uveal melanoma and large choroidal melanomas in particular remain dismal because of ...
No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Choroidal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular malignant tumor in adults and results in metastatic death in up ...
gmail.com Objective To describe the choroidal characteristics of patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) using enhanced depth imaging (EDI) and spectral domain (SD) optical coherence tomography (OCT).
Vogt-Koynagi-Harada (VKH) disease is a clinical syndrome with classical ocular and extraocular findings that is not uncommonly described in Asian, Middle-Eastern and South American populations. We ...
The number stage of a melanoma tells you how thick it is and whether it has spread. It also tells you whether the top layer of the melanoma looks broken (ulcerated) when looked at under a microscope.
The Breslow thickness describes how deep a melanoma has grown into the layers of skin. Doctors need to know the depth of a melanoma to help stage it. The stage tells you the size of a cancer and if it ...
mRNA specialist BioNTech has chalked up an important win in its cancer pipeline, showing efficacy with its BNT111 vaccine candidate in a phase 2 trial in advanced melanoma. The study is looking at ...
Both carcinoma and melanoma are types of cancer. Carcinoma forms in the epithelial tissues, while melanoma develops in melanocytes and is generally considered a more aggressive type. Skin cancer ...
Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer. It develops when skin cells multiply rapidly as a consequence of mutations in their DNA caused by UV exposure. Melanomas originate in the pigment ...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an advanced diagnostic tool used worldwide to detect various health conditions. However, choosing the right type of MRI can sometimes feel overwhelming, especially ...
Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7 8XP, UK; sohraab{at}doctors.org.uk Aims To describe the prevalence of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in a ...