The effect of therapy refusal against medical advice in retinoblastoma patients in a setting where treatment delays are common

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-36

  Sitorus, Rita S ^a   Moll, Annette C ^b   Suhardjono, Setiowati ^a   Simangunsong, Lumongga S ^a   Riono, Pandu ^c   Imhof, Saskia ^b   Volker Dieben H J M ^b  

^a CIPTO MANGUNKUSUMO HOSPITAL   (Indonesia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Delay; Developing country; Indonesia; Refusal of therapy; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 61649106257     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13816810802464320     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Abramson DH. Retinoblastoma 1990: Diagnosis, treatment, and implications. Pediatr Ann. 1990;19(6):387-395.
2. Singh AD, Shields CL, Shields JA. Prognostic factors in retinoblastoma. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2000;37(3):134-41; quiz 168-169.
3. Goddard AG, Kingston JE, Hungerford JL. Delay in diagnosis of retinoblastoma:Risk factors and treatment outcome. Br J Ophthalmol. 1999;83(12):1320-1323.
4. Erwenne CM, Franco EL. Age and lateness of referral as determinants of extra-ocular retinoblastoma. Ophthalmic Paediatr Genet. 1989;10(3):179-184.
5. Spinetta JJ, Masera G, Eden T, Oppenheim D, Martins AG, van Dongen-Melman J, Siegler M, Eiser C, Ben Arush MW, Kosmidis HV, Jankovic M. Refusal, non-compliance, and abandonment of treatment in children and adolescents with cancer: A report of the SIOP Working Committee on Psychosocial Issues in Pediatric Oncology. Med Pediatr Oncol. 2002;38(2): 114-117.
6. Weingart SN, Davis RB, Phillips RS. Patients discharged against medical advice from a general medicine service. J Gen Intern Med. 1998;13(8):568-571.
7. Saitz R, Ghali WA, Moskowitz MA. The impact of leaving against medical advice on hospital resource utilization. J Gen Intern Med. 2000;15(2):103-107.
8. Haik GM, Jr., Haik KG. Differential diagnosis of retinoblastoma. J La State Med Soc. 1983;135(5):35-36.
9. Hathirat P, Kunavisarut S, Chuansumrit A, Pochanukul L, Simaroj P, Isarangkura P. Chemotherapy in patients with retinoblastoma. J Med Assoc Thai. 1993;76 Suppl 2:85-91.
10. Hwang SW, Li J, Gupta R, Chien V, Martin RE. What happens to patients who leave hospital against medical advice? CMAJ. 2003;168(4):417-420.
11. Abramson DH, Ellsworth RM, Grumbach N, Sturgis-Buckhout L, Haik BG. Retinoblastoma: Correlation between age at diagnosis and survival. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 1986;23(4): 174-177.
12. Messmer EP, Heinrich T, Hopping W, de Sutter E, Havers W, Sauerwein W. Risk factors for metastases in patients with retinoblastoma. Ophthalmology 1991;98(2):136-141.
13. Cash R. Ethical issues in health workforce development. Bull W.H.O. 2005;83(4).
14. Chantada G, Fandino A, Manzitti J, Urrutia L, Schvartzman E. Late diagnosis of retinoblastoma in a developing country. Arch Dis Child. 1999;80(2):171-174.