Retinoblastoma: A recent experience at the National University Hospital, Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 693-698

  Aung, LeLe ^a,b   Yiong, Huak Chan ^c   Eng, Juh Yeoh ^a,b   Poh, Lin Tan ^a,b   Thuan, Chong Quah ^a,b  

^a Children's Medical Institute   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian experience; Outcome; Staging; Survival

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; ENUCLEATION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOKORIA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEWBORN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SINGAPORE; STRABISMUS; SURVIVAL TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUPIL DISORDERS; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; VISUAL DISORDER;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PUPIL DISORDERS; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; STRABISMUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 69949115987     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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