Chemotherapy plus local treatment in the management of
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Therefore, IVC is recommended as the first line treatment for germ-line mutation retinoblastomas (bilateral, familial), particularly to protect patients from pineoblastoma and second cancers and, in addition, to achieve control of the
intraocular retinoblastoma and to prevent metastasis [6].
A phase I/II study of direct intra-arterial (ophthalmic artery) chemotherapy with melphalan for
intraocular retinoblastoma - initial results.
The International
Intraocular Retinoblastoma Classification System (IIRC) separates retinoblastomas into groups (A-E) based on prognosis, which is related to the extent of intraocular disease at diagnosis (Supplemental Table 1 will be available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/975908).
Treatment of
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There are few studies that have evaluated HRFs in eyes enucleated for advanced
intraocular retinoblastoma from developing countries, and most of them have reported higher incidences compared with studies reported in the Western literature.
Pilot studies of chemotherapy for
intraocular retinoblastoma have been reported from several groups using different combinations, dosages, schedules and duration of carboplatin, etoposide or teniposide, with or without vincristine, and with or without cyclosporine to counteract multidrug resistance.
Results of combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy for advanced
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