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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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