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Indian J Ophthalmol
February 2025
Department of Ocular Oncology and Cornea Services, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Plaque brachytherapy has been used in the management of small to medium-sized choroidal melanomas for the past few decades. As the inferior oblique muscle lies in close relation to the macula, the placement procedure of plaques often involves sacrificing the inferior oblique muscle, especially in cases of macular or perimacular choroidal melanomas. In this study, we have described a simple maneuver to preserve the inferior oblique muscle.
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February 2025
Ocular Oncology Service, Centre for Sight, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) is the most common neoplasia of the anterior segment. Accurate and timely diagnosis, including detailed clinical assessment and imaging, is essential to ascertain the extent of the disease. The gold standard treatment for OSSN has evolved over the years, transitioning from wide-margin surgical excision using the "no-touch" technique to topical immunotherapy, plaque brachytherapy, and targeted immunotherapy.
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January 2025
The Operation Eyesight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Objective: To study the prevalence, clinical presentation, treatment, and follow-up of ocular (dermal) melanocytosis (ODM) and its association with choroidal melanoma (CM) in Asian Indian patients.
Methods: This was a retrospective case series of patients with ODM conducted in a quaternary eye care center.
Results: Of the total 1.
J Contemp Brachytherapy
August 2024
Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Purpose: This consensus statement of Indian Brachytherapy Society (IBS) aims to generate practical and reproducible guidelines allowing for direct implementation in the Indian scenario.
Material And Methods: IBS board of directors appointed a panel of physicians with expertise in breast cancer and, in particular, breast brachytherapy, to develop a consensus statement. First, a literature review on breast brachytherapy was conducted, focusing on randomized trials, prospective studies, and multi-institutional series.
Cureus
October 2024
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, IND.
Objectives: Cervical cancer is the second most common malignancy among Indian women after breast cancer. This study was undertaken to determine the pattern of care, long-term survival outcomes, and prognostic factors for cervical cancer patients treated at a tertiary care cancer centre in North India.
Methods: Ten-year data was retrieved for 435 stage I-IVA carcinoma cervix patients treated between 2009 and 2019.
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