Table 1.

Studies of plaque brachytherapy in uveal melanoma

Study	Radioisotope	n	Tumor thicknessa) (mm)	Tumor diametera) (mm)	Follow-upa) (yr)	Local control (%)
Shields et al. [27]	125I (TTT)	272	4.0	11.0	5	97.0
Verschueren et al. [30]	106Ru	425	4.2	10.9	5	96.0
Takiar et al. [28]	106Ru	40	3.1	9.6	5	97.0
Tarmann et al. [29]	106Ru	143	4.5	11.0	4	85.3
Finger et al. [26]	103Pd	400	N/A	NA	4.2	96.7

I, iodine; Ru, ruthenium; Pd, palladium; TTT, transpupillary thermotherapy; NA, not available.

^a)Mean values.