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The uvea is a vascular stratum that includes the iris, ciliary body and choroid. Uveitis is defined as inflammation of a part of the uvea or its entirety, but it is also used to describe inflammatory processes of any part of the eye, such as the vitreous or peripheral retina. The clinical taxonomy of uveitis […]

Rumana Hussain, EURETINA 2021: Small High-risk Melanoma – Lower Mortality Rate

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Published Online: Sep 13th 2021

It was a pleasure to meet Rumana Hussain (Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK) to discuss the results of her study into the mortality risks of genetically high-risk uveal melanomas, and the implications for future treatment paradigms.

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  1. What is known about the mortality risks of genetically high-risk uveal melanomas (UM)? (00:20)
  2. What were the aims and design of your study? (02:06)
  3. What were the study findings? (04:25)
  4. What are the implications of these findings in terms of future treatment paradigms? (05:28)
  5. What questions remain unanswered and what future studies are planned? (06:05)

Speaker Disclosure: Rumana Hussain has no financial or non-financial relationships or activities to declare in relation to this interview.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd. Interview conducted by Lisa Glass.

Filmed in coverage of EURETINA 2021.

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