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Dennis M. Robertson, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2008;126(8):1156-1157.

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The management of small choroidal melanomas continues to be controversial.¹ Although radiotherapy with either charged particles or ionizing radiation can be effective in providing local control of these tumors, radiation complications (radiation retinopathy and optic neuropathy) that cause loss of vision have led some investigators to consider alternative forms of treatment. One alternative treatment that has been studied by a number of investigators is transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT).^2-3 Although initial results using TTT to treat selected uveal melanomas were optimistic, a longer follow-up and a relatively high tumor recurrence rate have dampened the initial enthusiasm for TTT as a stand-alone therapy. To minimize the tumor recurrence rate after TTT, adjunctive cryotherapy has been proposed.³ The purpose of this report is to review a small cohort of patients who were prospectively treated with a combination of TTT and cryotherapy.

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