Table 2 Treatment modalities for uveal melanoma between March and June in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and between July and October in 2020 from all of the four Ocular Oncology centres in United Kingdom.
From: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on eye cancer care in United Kingdom
Mar–Jun 2018 | Mar–Jun 2019 | Mar–Jun 2020 | Jul–Oct 2020 | |
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Ruthenium plaque brachytherapy | 95 (39.6%) | 96 (34.2%) | 50 (36.5%) | 60 (31.6%) |
Proton beam radiotherapy | 68 (28.3%) | 84 (29.9%) | 24 (17.5%) | 45 (23.7%) |
Enucleation | 53 (22.1%) | 66 (23.5%) | 38 (27.7%) | 44 (23.2%) |
Stereotactic radiosurgerya | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
Photodynamic therapy | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
Observationb | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
Others | 2 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
Total | 240 | 281 | 137 | 190 |