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Articles

Active clinical research is being conducted by members of the Oncology Service involving both retrospective and prospective studies. The following is an abbreviated list of some of the recent investigations and publications from the Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital. To find these and other articles, follow the instructions in the white box below.

To search for articles authored by Dr. Jerry Shields or Dr. Carol Shields click on the link below. It will take you to PUBMED. In the "search for" window, type in "shields ja" (all lowercase) for articles by Dr. Jerry Shields. For articles by Dr. Carol Shields type in "shields cl" (all lowercase). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

Table of Contents - Titles: (partial list)

Lesions simulating retinoblastoma
Management of posterior uveal melanomas
Hydroxyapatite orbital implant after enucleation. Experience with initial 100 consecutive cases.
Enucleation technique for children with retinoblastoma.
Kaposi's sarcoma of the eyelids: Response to radiotherapy.
-Overview of malignant ocular tumors
Regression of retinoblastoma after plaque radiotherapy
Plaque radiotherapy for retinoblastoma. Use as a primary and secondary treatment
Uveal metastasis from prostate carcinoma
Fine needle aspiration biopsy in pediatric ophthalmic tumors and pseudotumors
Choroidal invasion of retinoblastoma . Metastatic potential and clinical risk factors
Clinical risk factors for recurrence and metastasis in conjunctival melanoma: a review of 68 cases
Fine needle aspiration biopsy of suspected intraocular tumors
Choroidal hemangioma
Hydroxyapatite orbital implant after enucleation--Experience with 200 Cases
Lack of complications of the hydroxyapatite orbital implant in 250 consecutive cases
Current management of retinoblastoma
Optic nerve invasion of retinoblastoma. Metastatic potential and clinical risk factors
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the orbit
Use of the orbital hydroxyapatite implant in the pediatric population
Impact of enucleation versus plaque radiotherapy in the management of juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma on ..patient survival
The role of fat suppression technique and gadopentate dimeglumine in magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of ..intraocular tumors and simulating lesions
Observations on seven cases of intraocular leiomyoma
Cytogenetic findings in primary uveal melanoma
Uveal metastasis from carcinoid tumor
Plaque radiotherapy for residual or recurrent retinoblastoma in 91 cases
Patterns of indocyanine green angiography of choroidal tumors
Metastatic tumors to the iris in 40 patients
Treatment of nonresectable malignant iris tumors with custom designed plaque radiotherapy
Vasoproliferative tumors of the ocular fundus. Classification and clinical manifestations in 103 patients
Uveal melanoma and familial atypical mole-melanoma (FAM-M) syndrome
Treatment of retinoblastoma with indirect ophthalmoscope laser photocoagulation
Risk factors for metastasis of small choroidal melanocytic lesions
Metastatic tumors to the conjunctiva
Bilateral primary uveal melanoma: Bad luck or bad genes?
Mail consultations in ophthalmology
- Familial uveal melanoma: I. Clinical observations of 56 patients
- Familial uveal melanoma: II. Absence of constitutional cytogenetic abnormalities in 14 cases
- Familial uveal melanoma: III. Is the occurrence of familial uveal melanoma coincidental?
- Familial uveal melanoma: IV. Absence of germline mutations involving the cyclin-dependent kinase-4 inhibitor ..gene (p16)
Ocular tumors of childhood
Diffuse choroidal melanoma: Clinical features predictive of metastasis
Improved visibility of intraocular neoplasia using fat-suppressed, contrast-enhanced MRI
Newer treatments for posterior uveal melanoma
Newer treatment modalities for retinoblastoma
Chemoreduction in the initial management of intraocular retinoblastoma
Plaque radiotherapy for juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma. Visual acuity and survival outcome
Transpupillary thermotherapy in the management of choroidal melanoma
The role of MRI in intraocular tumors and pseudotumors of childhood
Ophthalmic features of the organoid nevus syndrome
Congenital neoplasms of the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium. (medulloepithelioma)
Acquired neoplasms of the nonpigmented ciliary epithelium. (adenoma and adenocarcinoma)
Plaque radiotherapy in the management of uveal metastasis
Adenoid cystic carcinoma arising in the nasal orbit
Functional vision is improved in the majority of patients treated with external beam radiotherapy for choroidal ..metastasis: A multivariate analysis of 188 cases
Time to systemic metastasis in patients with posterior uveal melanoma
The effect of chemoreduction on retinoblastoma-induced retinal detachment
Surgical approach to conjunctival tumorsExternal beam irradiation for choroidal metastases: Identification of ..actors predisposing to long term sequelae
Survey of 520 uveal metasatases
Classification and incidence of space-occupying lesions of the orbit. A survey of 645 biopsies.
Complications of the hydroxyapatitite implant peg
Combined chemoreduction and adjuvant treatment for intraocular retinoblastoma
Trifocal uveal melanoma
Transpupillary thermotherapy for choroidal melanoma. Tumor control and visual results in 100 cases
Cavitary melanoma of the ciliary body. Report of 8 cases
Plaque radiotherapy for choroidal melanoma with macular involvement
Plaque radiotherapy for ciliary body melanoma
Radiation retinopathy following plaque radiotherapy for uveal melanoma
Conjunctival melanoma. Risk factors for tumor recurrence and metastases