Treatment of retinoblastoma patients with chemoreduction plus local therapy: Experience of the AC Camargo Hospital, Brazil

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 342-345

  Antoneli, Célia B G ^a,d   Ribeiro, Karina C B ^b   Steinhorst, Flávio ^a   Novaes, Paulo Eduardo R S ^a   Chojniak, Martha M ^a   Malogolowkin, Marcio ^c  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Cancer Registry   (Brazil)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemoreduction; Eye preservation; Local therapy; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRAZIL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYOTHERAPY; ENUCLEATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; LOCAL THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAZIL; CARBOPLATIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 33745636846     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200606000-00004     Document Type: Article

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