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MILESTONES IN RETINA

Gragoudas et al.

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Gragoudas E
Lane A
Wu F
Kim I

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Prior to proton irradiation for treatment of choroidal melanoma, enucleation or the use of several kinds of radioactive plaques had been employed for many years. In 1975, Dr. Evan Gragoudas' team at Massachusetts Eye and Ear administered the first proton treatment on a …
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