Enucleation for retinoblastoma: The experience of a single center in Jordan

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-414

  Sultan, Iyad ^e   Wilson, Matthew W ^a,b   Nawaiseh, Ibrahim ^c   Mehyar, Mustafa ^c   Kharma, Saamir ^c   Al Qudimat, Mohammed ^c   Hazin, Ribhi ^d   Alalami, Arwa ^c   Jaradat, Imad ^c   Al Husseini, Maysa ^c   Abdeen, Ghadeer ^c   Rodriguez Galindo, Carlos ^e   Qaddoumi, Ibrahim ^e  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Enucleation; Eye salvage; Jordan; Pathologic risk factors; Retinoblastoma; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MESNA; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956182340     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-010-9370-3     Document Type: Article

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