American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 138, Issue 6 , Pages 936-951 , December 2004

The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) randomized trial of pre-enucleation radiation of large choroidal melanoma: IV. Ten-year mortality findings and prognostic factors. COMS report number 24

  • Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Group

      Affiliations

    • Prepared by the COMS Steering Committee and other COMS Coordinating Center Investigators on behalf of all members of the COMS group. Lists of members of the COMS Group have been published.
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries on behalf of the COMS Group to Barbara S. Hawkins, PhD, COMS Coordinating Center, 550 N. Broadway, 9th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205-2010; fax: (410) 955-0569; e-mail: bhawkins@jhmi.edu

,Accepted 6 July 2004.

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 The COMS has been sponsored by the National Eye Institute and National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, through cooperative agreements EY06253, EY06257, EY06258, EY06260, EY06264, EY06265, EY06266, EY06268, EY06269, EY06270, EY06274, EY06275, EY06276, EY06279, EY06280, EY06282, EY06283, EY06284, EY06287, EY06288, EY06289, EY06291, EY06839, EY06843, EY06844, EY06848, EY06858, and EY06899. No member of the COMS Group has any pertinent financial interest.

PII: S0002-9394(04)00847-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.07.006

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 138, Issue 6 , Pages 936-951 , December 2004

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