Posterior uveal melanoma in adolescents and children: current perspectives

Recognizing that <1% of all uveal melanomas occur in young persons, and that very few clinicians encounter more than a few such cases over an extended career, we felt that a retrospective review of literature and sharing of our clinical experience would be appropriate to remind readers about this...

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Published inClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) Vol. 12; pp. 2205 - 2212
Main Authors Fry, Matthew V, Augsburger, James J, Hall, June, Corrêa, Zélia M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dove Medical Press
Subjects
Age
Cancer
Children
choroid Melanoma
ciliary body Melanoma
Development and progression
Epidemiology
Gene expression
incidence
Medical prognosis
Medical research
Medical schools
Melanoma
Metastasis
Older people
Ophthalmology
Patients
Pediatrics
posterior uveal Melanoma
prognosis Melanoma
Review
Skin cancer
Studies
Teenagers
Tumors
uveal Melanoma
United States > US
ciliary body melanoma
posterior uveal melanoma
choroid melanoma
prognosis melanoma
incidence
uveal melanoma
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Summary:Recognizing that <1% of all uveal melanomas occur in young persons, and that very few clinicians encounter more than a few such cases over an extended career, we felt that a retrospective review of literature and sharing of our clinical experience would be appropriate to remind readers about this age subgroup of patients with posterior uveal melanoma. This interest stems from the increase in reported cases of uveal melanoma in younger individuals and recent advances in the field.
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ISSN:1177-5467
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1177-5483
DOI:10.2147/OPTH.S142984