Effects of Irradiation on the Eye

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Abstract
From 1954 through 1971, 47 patients with malignant tumors of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses were treated with an entire eye included in the tumor dose volume. All patients were treated with megavoltage radiation and received approximately 6000 rads in 30 fractions in 6 wk. Two thirds of the patients treated by irradiation alone had no problems with vision or difficulties related to treatment of the eye. When 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) was used in conjunction with high-dose radiotherapy, loss of vision was much more frequent and all patients had either visual loss or major clinical difficulties.

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