Metastatic deaths in retinoblastoma patients treated with intraarterial chemotherapy (ophthalmic artery chemosurgery) worldwide

Metastatic deaths in retinoblastoma patients treated with intraarterial chemotherapy (ophthalmic artery chemosurgery) worldwide

Abstract Background Ophthalmic artery chemosurgery [OAC, intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC)] was introduced in 2006 as treatment modality for intraocular retinoblastoma. The purpose of this commentary is to retrospectively review the incidence of metastatic deaths in retinoblastoma patients treated w...

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Main Authors: David H. Abramson, Carol L. Shields, Pascal Jabbour, Luiz Fernando Teixeira, José Roberto Falco Fonseca, Marcio Chaves Pedro Marques, Francis L. Munier, Francesco Puccinelli, Theodora Hadjistilianou, Sandra Bracco, Guillermo Chantada, Alejandro Ceciliano, Y. Pierre Gobin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:International Journal of Retina and Vitreous
Subjects:
Intra-arterial (intrarterial) chemotherapy (IAC)
Metastatic death
Ophthalmic artery chemosurgery (OAC)
Retinoblastoma (Rb)
Melphalan
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40942-017-0093-8

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