American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 47-54 , July 2003

Mortality after deferral of treatment or no treatment for choroidal melanoma

  • Bradley R Straatsma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Jules Stein Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles (B.R.S., R.C., R.E.E.), Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Bradley R. Straatsma, MD, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 100 Stein Plaza, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA 90095-7000; fax: (310) 206-4293.
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  • Marie Diener-West, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University (M.D.-W.), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Robert Caldwell, PA

      Affiliations

    • Jules Stein Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles (B.R.S., R.C., R.E.E.), Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Robert E Engstrom Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Jules Stein Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles (B.R.S., R.C., R.E.E.), Los Angeles, California, USA
    • ,
  • For The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Group

      Affiliations

    • A complete listing of the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) group is available in The American Journal of Ophthalmology 1998;125:757–765.

,Accepted 23 December 2002.

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☆ This study was supported by the National Eye Institute and the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and Research to Prevent Blindness, New York, New York.

PII: S0002-9394(02)02270-5

doi: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)02270-5

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 47-54 , July 2003

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