The success of primary chemotherapy for group D heritable retinoblastoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 887-890

  Cohen, V M L ^a   Kingston, J ^a   Hungerford, J L ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; ENUCLEATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ETOPOSIDE; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 67649646193     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.142679     Document Type: Article

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