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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D., Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2]

Overview

Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for uveal melanoma. The following types of surgery may be used resection, enucleation, and exenteration.

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References

  1. Uveal melanoma. National Cancer Institute(2015) http://www.cancer.gov/types/eye/patient/intraocular-melanoma-treatment-pdq#section/_38 Accessed on October 24 2015
  2. Krantz BA, Dave N, Komatsubara KM, Marr BP, Carvajal RD (2017). "Uveal melanoma: epidemiology, etiology, and treatment of primary disease". Clin Ophthalmol. 11: 279–289. doi:10.2147/OPTH.S89591. PMC 5298817. PMID 28203054.

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