Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for extensive unilateral retinoblastoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-329

  Bellaton, E ^a   Bertozzi, A I ^b   Behar, C ^c   Chastagner, P ^d   Brisse, H ^a   Sainte Rose, C ^e   Doz, Français ^a   Desjardins, L ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; THIOTEPA; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BUPHTHALMOS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CHILD; ENUCLEATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROPHTHALMOS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037338696     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.3.327     Document Type: Article

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