Vitreous relapse following primary chemotherapy for retinoblastoma: Is adjuvant diode laser a risk factor?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1168-1172

  Gombos, D S ^b,c,e   Cauchi, P A ^b   Addison, P ^b   Coen, P G ^d   Kingston, J E ^b   Hungerford, John L ^a,b,c  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; VITREOUS DISEASE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFANT; LASERS; NEOPLASM SEEDING; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33748468551     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.091223     Document Type: Review

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