Abstract |
Following from the publication of the International Retinoblastoma Staging System, an open internet discussion group was created at the www.cure4kids.org resource. The results of a survey distributed among participants are discussed. Although most patients with retinoblastoma were treated under prospective protocols, there was a wide variation in the definition of risk criteria and in the criteria for giving adjuvant chemotherapy following enucleation. Definition of high-risk histological features and the criteria for use of adjuvant therapy will be standardized in future studies. Internet meetings are a valuable mechanism for enabling participation from under-resourced countries in the development of cooperative studies.
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Authors | Guillermo L Chantada, François Doz, Manuela Orjuela, Ibrahim Qaddoumi, Rita S Sitorus, Tomas Kepak, Anna Furmanchuk, Mauricio Castellanos, Tarun Sharma, Patricia Chevez-Barrios, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, International Retinoblastoma Staging Working Group |
Journal | Pediatric blood & cancer
(Pediatr Blood Cancer)
Vol. 50
Issue 3
Pg. 692-4
(Mar 2008)
ISSN: 1545-5017 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 18059037
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study)
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Copyright | (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
Topics |
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
(therapeutic use)
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
(standards, statistics & numerical data)
- Child, Preschool
- Choroid
(pathology)
- Combined Modality Therapy
(standards, statistics & numerical data)
- Congresses as Topic
(organization & administration, statistics & numerical data)
- Data Collection
- Developing Countries
- Disease Management
- Eye Enucleation
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Internationality
- Internet
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Staging
(methods, standards)
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
(standards, statistics & numerical data)
- Retinal Neoplasms
(drug therapy, pathology, radiotherapy, surgery)
- Retinoblastoma
(drug therapy, pathology, radiotherapy, surgery)
- Risk Assessment
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