The use of strontium-90 in the treatment of carcinoma in situ of the conjunctiva

Am J Ophthalmol. 1979 Jan;87(1):84-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(79)90196-x.

Abstract

Four patients with carcinoma in situ were treated with strontium-90 beta ray application. The dose used was 4,500 rads after surgical removal or with small recurrent tumor and 7,000 rads for primary treatment. All patients were disease-free at follow-up periods of 48 to 320 months after treatment. One patient required superficial x-ray treatment for recurrent disease. No serious complications developed with the treatment and no progressive cataracts have occurred.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma in Situ / radiotherapy*
  • Conjunctiva / radiation effects*
  • Eye Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / radiotherapy*
  • Radiotherapy Dosage
  • Strontium Radioisotopes / therapeutic use*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Strontium Radioisotopes