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. 2014 Sep 10;1(1):54–62. doi: 10.1159/000367715

Table 1.

Uveal melanoma adjuvant therapy: randomized trials

Treatment n Treatment eligibility Result Reference
BCG i.d. weekly, 4 times; then monthly for 11 months 113 posterior uveal melanoma no difference in survival rate of treated (59%, n = 34) vs. observation (70%, n = 79); p = 0.60 McLean et al. [6], 1990

Dacarbazine 200 mg/m2 i.v. daily for 5 days every 4 weeks, 6 times 348 >10 mm LTD, >5 mm tumor height no difference in 5-year survival rate of treated (71%) vs. observation (68%); p = not significant Desjardins et al. [5], 1998

i.d. = Intradermally; i.v. = intravenously; LTD = largest tumor diameter.