[The concept of ophthalmologic oncology development].

The authors review the research results concerning the diagnosis and treatment of ocular tumors over 25 years of activities of Department of Ophthalmooncology and Radiology and analyze the perspective trends for future studies.

[Metastatic involvement of liver in patients with uveal melanoma].

The efficacy of enucleation and brachitherapy is assessed in 1150 patients. The incidence of metastases is the highest (up to 2/3) occurs within the first 3 years. Neither enucleation, nor brachitherapy affect this value.

[Criteria for assessing the efficacy of brachytherapy of uveal melanomas, complications of therapy and there prevention].

The authors assess the efficacy of brachytherapy of uveal melanomas in 954 patients. Strontium ophthalmoapplicators were used in 652, rutenium ones in 302 patients. As a rule, Sr applicators were sutured in patients with tumors up to 3.

[Validation of the use of brachytherapy in uveal melanomas of juxtapapillary localization].

Forty-two patients with juxtacapillary melanomas of the choroid were treated by brachytherapy. The treatment was carried out in two stages: Stage I--separating laser coagulation, Stage II--irradiation with ophthalmologic applicators (90Sr, 90I). Complete resorption was achieved in 12 patients, partial regression with the process stabilization in 17, no effect in 13, in 11 of these enucleation had to be performed.

[Postradiation secondary glaucoma and prevention measures].

The authors have examined the possibility of preventing the development of secondary glaucoma after eye irradiation with a narrow medicinal proton beam. Twenty-eight patients with cilio-choroidal melanoma were involved in the study, 7 male and 21 female ones, aged 48.4 on an average.