External beam radiation for retinoblastoma: Results, patterns of failure, and a proposal for treatment guidelines

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-132

  Hernandez, J Carlos ^a,c   Brady, Luther W ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^b   Shields, Carol L ^b   Depotter, Patrick ^b   Karlsson, Ulf L ^a   Markoe, Arnold M ^a   Amendola, Beatriz E ^a   Singh, Arun ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure patterns; Radiotherapy; Retinoblastoma; Technique; Treatment guidelines

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0029942429     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)85020-6     Document Type: Article

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