Episcleral plaque brachytherapy for retinoblastoma

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-139

  Merchant, Thomas E ^a   Gould, Ciara J ^a   Wilson, Matthew W ^a,b   Hilton, Nathan E ^a   Rodriguez Galindo, Carlos ^a   Haik, Barrett G ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Ophthalmology; Pediatrics; Radiotherapy; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IODINE 125; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENUCLEATION; EPISCLERAL PLAQUE BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETINOBLASTOMA; SIDE EFFECT;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042838762     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20094     Document Type: Article

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