Prognostic factors of choroidal melanoma in Slovenia, 1986–2008

Abstract

Choroidal melanoma is the most common primary malignancy of the eye, which frequently metastasizes. The Cancer Registry of Slovenia reported the incidence of choroid melanoma from 1983 to 2009 as stable, at 7.8 cases/million for men and 7.4/million for women. The aim of the retrospective study was to determinate the prognostic factors of survival for choroidal melanoma patients in Slovenia.

Keywords

• choroid melanoma
• therapy
• brachytherapy
• prognostic factors