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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
SIOP-PODC recommendations for graduated-intensity treatment of retinoblastoma in developing countries
Pediatric Blood and Cancer, Volume 60, No. 5, Year 2013
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Description
Retinoblastoma remains incurable in many regions of the world. The major obstacles to cure are delayed diagnosis, poor treatment compliance, and lack of evidence-based recommendations for clinical management. Although enucleation is curative for intraocular disease, in developing countries retinoblastoma is often diagnosed after the disease has disseminated beyond the eye. A SIOP-PODC committee generated guidelines for the clinical management of retinoblastoma in developing countries and developed a classification system based on the resources available in those settings. Recommendations are provided for staging and treatment of unilateral and bilateral retinoblastoma and counseling of families for whom compliance is an issue. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Chantada, Guillermo Luis
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Hospital de Pediatria Samic Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan
United States, Memphis
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Luna-Fineman, Sandra
United States, Stanford
Stanford University School of Medicine
Sitorus, Rita Sita
Indonesia, Central Jakarta
Universitas Indonesia, Rsupn Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo
Kruger, Mariana
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Israëls, Trijn
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Amsterdam Umc - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Leal-Leal, Carlos
Mexico, Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Pediatría
Bakhshi, Sameer
India, New Delhi
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, new Delhi
Qaddoumi, Ibrahim A.
United States, Memphis
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Abramson, David Harold
United States, New York
Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center
Doz, François F.
France, Paris
Institut Curie
Epelman, Sidnei
Unknown Affiliation
Hungerford, John
Unknown Affiliation
Desjardins, Laurence C.
Unknown Affiliation
Stannard, Clare E.
Unknown Affiliation
Galindo, Carlos Rodriguez
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 15
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 10
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/pbc.24468
ISSN:
15455009
e-ISSN:
15455017
Research Areas
Health System And Policy