Ophthalmic Education:

Principles and Guidelines of a Curriculum for Education of the Ophthalmic Specialist: Appendix 1: Oncology - Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS)

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Recommended Reading

(No authors listed). Mortality in patients with small choroidal melanoma. COMS report no. 4. The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Group. Arch Ophthalmol 1997; 115: 886-893

(No authors listed). Factors predictive of growth and treatment of small choroidal melanoma: COMS Report No. 5. The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Group. Arch Ophthalmol 1997; 115: 1537-1544

(No authors listed). Assessment of metastatic disease status at death in 435 patients with large choroidal melanoma in the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS): COMS report no. 15. Arch Ophthalmol 2001; 119: 670-676

Melia BM, Abramson DH, Albert DM et al. Collaborative ocular melanoma study (COMS) randomized trial of I-125 brachytherapy for medium choroidal melanoma. I. Visual acuity after 3 years COMS report no. 16. Ophthalmology 2001; 108: 348-366

Diener-West M, Earle JD, Fine SL et al. The COMS randomized trial of iodine 125 brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma, III: initial mortality findings. COMS Report No. 18. Arch Ophthalmol 2001; 119: 969-982

Jampol LM, Moy CS, Murray TG et al. The COMS randomized trial of iodine 125 brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma: IV. Local treatment failure and enucleation in the first 5 years after brachytherapy. COMS report no. 19. Ophthalmology 2002; 109: 2197-2206

Additional Background Reading

Straatsma BR, Fine SL, Earle JD et al. Enucleation versus plaque irradiation for choroidal melanoma. Ophthalmology 1988; 95: 1000-1004

(No authors listed). Accuracy of diagnosis of choroidal melanomas in the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study. COMS report no. 1. Arch Ophthalmol 1990; 108: 1268-1273

(No authors listed). Design and methods of a clinical trial for a rare condition: the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study. COMS Report No. 3. Control Clin Trials 1993; 14: 362-391

Wells C, Bradford RH, Fish GE, Straatsma BR, Hawkins BS. Choroidal melanomas in American Indians. COMS Group. Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study. Arch Ophthalmol 1996; 114: 1017-1018

(No authors listed). Histopathologic characteristics of uveal melanomas in eyes enucleated from the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study. COMS report no. 6. Am J Ophthalmol 1998; 125: 745-766

(No authors listed). Sociodemographic and clinical predictors of participation in two randomized trials: findings from the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study COMS report no. 7. Control Clin Trials 2001; 22: 526-537

Grossniklaus HE, Albert DM, Green WR, Conway BP, Hovland KR. Clear cell differentiation in choroidal melanoma. COMS report no. 8. Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Group. Arch Ophthalmol 1997; 115: 894-898

(No authors listed). The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) randomized trial of pre-enucleation radiation of large choroidal melanoma. I: characteristics of patients enrolled and not enrolled. COMS report no. 9. Am J Ophthalmol 1998; 125: 767-778

(No authors listed). The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) randomized trial of pre-enucleation radiation of large choroidal melanoma. II: Initial mortality findings. COMS report no. 10. Am J Ophthalmol 1998; 125: 779-796

(No authors listed). The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) randomized trial of pre-enucleation radiation of large choroidal melanoma III: local complications and observations following enucleation COMS report no. 11. Am J Ophthalmol 1998; 126: 362-372

(No authors listed). Echography (ultrasound) procedures for the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS), Report no. 12, Part I. J Ophthalmic Nurs Technol 1999; 18: 143-149

(No authors listed). Echography (Ultrasound) Procedures for the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS), Report no. 12, Part II. J Ophthalmic Nurs Technol 1999; 18: 219-232

Byrne SF, Marsh MJ, Boldt HC et al. Consistency of observations from echograms made centrally in the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study COMS Report No. 13. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2002; 9: 11-27

Moy CS, Albert DM, Diener-West M et al. Cause-specific mortality coding. methods in the collaborative ocular melanoma study coms report no. 14. Control Clin Trials 2001; 22: 248-262

Diener-West M, Earle JD, Fine SL et al. The COMS randomized trial of iodine 125 brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma, II: characteristics of patients enrolled and not enrolled. COMS Report No. 17. Arch Ophthalmol 2001; 119: 951-965

(No authors listed). Quality of life assessment in the collaborative ocular melanoma study: design and methods. COMS-QOLS Report No. 1. COMS Quality of Life Study Group. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 1999; 6: 5-17

Melia BM, Moy CS, McCaffrey L. Quality of life in patients with choroidal melanoma: a pilot study. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 1999; 6: 19-28

Fine SL. How should we manage a patient with uveal melanoma? [Editorial]. Arch Ophthalmol 1985; 103: 910-911

Fine SL. Do I take the eye out or leave it in? Arch Ophthalmol. [Editorial]. Arch Ophthalmo 1986; 104: 653-654. Letter and response: Arch Ophthalmol 1986; 104: 1746-1747

Fine SL. The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study. Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. Science Writers Seminar, 1987

Earle J, Kline RW, Robertson DM. Selection of iodine 125 for the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study. Arch Ophthalmol 1987; 105: 763-764

Robertson DM, Earle JD, Kline RW. Brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma (Chapter 45). In: Ryan SJ (ed): Retina 3rd Edition. Mosby Inc., St Louis, 2001, pp. 739-52

Hawkins BS, Schachat AP. Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (Chapter 47). In: Ryan SJ (ed): Retina 3rd Edition. Mosby Inc., St. Louis, 2001, pp. 798-806

Robertson DM. A rationale for comparing radiation to enucleation in the management of choroidal melanoma. Am J Ophthalmol 1989; 108: 448-451

Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Steering Committee: Response to Char et al: "Failure of preenucleation radiation to decrease uveal melanoma mortality" [Letter]. Am J Ophthalmol 1989; 107: 440-441

Schachat AP, Markowitz JA, Hawkins BS, Fine SL. Nonocular cancers in patients with choroidal melanoma. Ophthalmology 1990; 97: 837-838

Park WL. The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study. J Am Optom Assoc 1992; 63: 609-610

Ruiz RS, Diaz D. Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study: Iodine-125 plaque therapy. Cancer Bull 1992; 44: 360-365

Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Group. Complications of enucleation surgery. COMS Report No. 2. In: Franklin RM (ed): Proceedings of the Symposium on Retina and Vitreous. New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology. Kugler Publications, New York, 1993, pp. 181-90

Fine SL. Choroidal melanoma: A practical approach for the 1990's. In: Franklin RM (ed): Proceedings of the Symposium on Retina and Vitreous. New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology. Kugler Publications, New York, 1993, pp. 191-192

Melia BM, Diener-West M. Modeling interrater agreement on an ordered categorical scale. In: Lange N, Ryan L (eds): Case Studies in Biometry, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1994, pp.323-338

Davis MD, Fine SL, Kupfer C. The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study. Arch Ophthalmol 1994; 112: 730-731

Schachat AP. Management of uveal melanoma: a continuing dilemma. Cancer 1994; 74: 3073-3075

Kelly MP, Hahn KM. The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study. J Ophthalmic Photog 1995; 17: 18-21

Fine SL. No one knows the preferred management for choroidal melanoma. Am J Ophthalmol 1996; 122: 106-108

Goldsborough IL, Church RY, Newhouse MM, Hawkins BS. How clinic coordinators spend their time in a multicenter clinical trial. Applied Clin Trials 1998; 7: 33-40

Servodidio C, Abramson D. Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study. (Chapter 15) In: Kertes PJ, Conway MD ( eds): Clinical Trials in Ophthalmology: A summary and Practice Guide. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1998; pp.257-270

Fine SL. The Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study. Arch Fam Med 1999; 8: 11-12

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