Combined local treatment and chemotherapy in the management of bilateral retinoblastomas in Hungary
Combined local treatment and chemotherapy in the management of bilateral retinoblastomas in Hungary
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DOI:
10.1097/00043426-200606000-00016
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发表时间:
2006-06-01
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
Kiss, C
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作者:
Sohajda, Z;Damjanovich, J;Kiss, C
This retrospective study supports that brachytherapy combined with cytostatic therapy may effectively contribute to tumor control. The second eye of 13 patients with bilateral retinoblastoma was treated with plaque brachytherapy after the enucleation of the first eye. Eleven patients received systemic cytostatic therapy. The mean follow up was 60 (+/- 42 SD) months. Twelve patients are alive and free of tumor, 8 of them with acceptable visual acuity. After cytostatic therapy, late nephropathy was observed in 2 patients. In conclusion, brachytherapy combined with cytostatic therapy will be an option in the management of bilateral retinoblastoma after the enucleation of the first eye.