Publications by authors named "Hattem Kerima"
Purpose: To detect the need of adjusting the apical total dose according to the new NIST calibration measurement introduced by BEBIG Isotopen und Medizintechnik GmbH for the treatment of choroidal melanoma. As the total radiation dose should not be individualized depending on errors pf previous calibration but can be applicable if based on a radiosensitivity test that was able to predict the final response of tumor to radiation for each particular patient.
Patients And Methods: Twenty patients with choroidal melanomas were treated between November 2002 and July 2004 at "Suzanne Mubarak Eye Tumor Centre", National Eye centre Rod-EL Farag, Cairo, Egypt.