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Examination Techniques

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This chapter highlights procedures that are specific to the assessment of a patient with a uveal tumor. It is assumed that a full ophthalmic and systemic history is routinely obtained in all patients in addition to complete examination of both eyes and appropriate systemic assessment, consisting of clinically relevant ancillary investigations.

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  1. Ocular Oncology Service, Departments of Ophthalmology and Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, 10 Koret Way, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA

    Bertil Damato MD, PhD

  2. Ocular Oncology Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, 1/2, Długa Street, Poznań, 61-848, Poland

    Iwona Rospond-Kubiak MD

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Correspondence to Bertil Damato MD, PhD .

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  1. Ocular Oncology Service, Departments of Ophthalmology and Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Bertil Damato

  2. Dept. of Ophthalmic Oncology, Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Arun D. Singh

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Damato, B., Rospond-Kubiak, I. (2014). Examination Techniques. In: Damato, B., Singh, A. (eds) Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54255-8_1

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