New developments in external beam radiotherapy for retinoblastoma: From lens to normal tissue-sparing techniques

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-89

  Munier, Francis L ^a   Verwey, Jorn ^b   Pica, Alessia ^c   Balmer, Aubin ^a   Zografos, Leonidas ^a   Abouzeid, Hana ^a   Timmerman, Beate ^b   Goitein, Gudrun ^b   Moeckli, Raphaël ^c  

^a JULES GONIN EYE HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conformal stereotactic radiotherapy; Protontherapy; Retinoblastoma; Spot scanning

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; RUTHENIUM 106; TANTALUM; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ATROPHY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RELAPSE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CRYOTHERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; EYE FIXATION; EYELID; EYELID EDEMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PROTON THERAPY; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; TUMOR REGRESSION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; SALVAGE THERAPY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 39649122824     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01602.x     Document Type: Review

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