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Reference:
First author (year)
Type of ionising
radiation applied
in irradiated
group
Radiation dose regimen or
reconstructed total body
dose (TBD)
Lens dose (LD) Exposure assessment Outcome assessment
Punyko et al., 2005 Not specified n.a. n.a. Medical records on
treatment
Raney et al., 2000 XRT megavoltage
equipment.
Puusaari et al, 2004 and
2005
41.4 Gy at 1.8 Gy per day, 5
days per week (Group II) or
41.4–50.4 Gy (group III)
IBT 90% of patients: 65-102 Gy,
69% of patients: 80 and 100
Gy.
Puusaari et al. 2007 IBT Median dose to tumour apex:
81 Gy (42-105); median dose
rate at tumour apex: 53 cGy/h
(14-169)
Summanen et al., 1996 Ruthenium plaque
radiotherapy
Median apical tumour dose
100 Gy (range 15-200 Gy),
scleral tmour dose 1000 Gy
(range 200-1200 Gy)
Median dose to the lens in
patients without cataract
29.1 Gy, with cataract 41.6
Gy
Mean LD 69 Gy, Median
LD 64 Gy, Range 20-141
Gy
– 117 –
Medical records; estimated
doses of XRT to the globe
and to the lens
Medical records Slit- lamp biomicroscopy,
and cataract
visible to the naked eye
Risk estimates for cataract
Estimated cumulative
incidence (ECI),
or other results of
incidence
Comparative
analyses; risk ratio
(RR), or hazard
rate (HR)
Questionnaire - RR=6.2 (p