Efficacy of induction chemotherapy in retinoblastoma, alone or combined with other adjuvant modalities

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 143-150

  Ghose, Supriyo ^a,b   Nizamuddin, S H M ^a   Sethi, A ^a   Mohanti, B K ^a   Kumar, H ^a   Arya, L S ^b   Thavaraj, V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CALCIFICATION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATIENT MONITORING; RETINOBLASTOMA; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; RETINA TUMOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRYOTHERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM SEEDING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0036557916     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0191-3913-20020501-05     Document Type: Article

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