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Melanoma of the eye is one of the most common eye malignancies in humans. One of the more effective ways of treating such neoplasms is by the use of focused radiation energy using the heavy particles delivered by a cyclotron. These Bragg peak radiation programs are being carried out successfully in Boston, Mass. and Berkeley, Ca.
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Rand, R.W. et al. (1986). Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Rabbit Eye Melanoma. In: Samii, M. (eds) Surgery in and around the Brain Stem and the Third Ventricle. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71240-1_73
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