Early detection, treatment key to management of choroidal melanoma, nevus

BALTIMORE — Early detection and treatment and close long-term surveillance are critical for the management of choroidal nevus and melanoma, two experts told colleagues here.“Prior to about 1970, enucleation was done for almost any lesion, regardless of its size, that was suspected to be possible melanoma,” Jerry A. Shields, MD, said at Macula 2013. “That’s undisputed. It was believed that that saved lives.”

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