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. 2017 Apr 17;101(12):1694–1698. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-310315

Table 2.

Choroidal melanoma characteristics, plaque radiotherapy parameters and initial RM treatment

Visual acuity prior to plaque, n (%)
 20/20 to 20/50 (logMAR 0 to 0.4) 7 (88)
 20/60 to 20/200 (logMAR 0.5 to 1) 1 (12)
Tumour size: mean (median, range)
 Basal dimension 11.1 (11.9, 7.1–13.9)
 Thickness 4.3 (2.8, 2.3–10.9)
 Proximity to optic disc 3.2 (2.5, 0.5–9.4)
 Proximity to fovea 1.8 (1.5, 0–5.7)
Isotope: mean (%)
 Palladium-103 7 (88)
 Iodine-125 1 (12)
Mean radiation dose, Gy: mean (median, range)
 Apex 69.4 (70.2, 48.2–87.4)
 Optic disc 56.2 (9.0–125.1)
 Fovea 81.5 (75.2, 22.7–138.2)
AJCC stage: stage (n) T1(4), T2(2), T3(2)
 Months to onset of RM: mean (median, range) 26 (25, 12–44)

AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; RM, radiation maculopathy.