The main points in the treatment for retinoblastoma / 中华眼底病杂志
Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases
;
(6): 208-211, 2018.
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in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-711904
ABSTRACT
Thanks to the treatment of retinoblastoma (RB) having improved significantly in recent years,there is an increasing trend to use conservative treatment modalities that aim to preserve the globe as well as vision with minimum mortality.RB therapy is a long-term systemic treatment in clinical practice.Although there are many treatment options for RB therapy,such as cryotherapy,photocoagulation,systemic chemotherapy,enucleation and ophthalmic chemotherapy,it is recommended to consider in accordance with the following key points in gaining a reasonable treatment strategiesto make sure that RB is an intraocular period;to determine whether the intraocular RB to be treated with eye preservation or enucleation;what is the case of eye preservation therapy combined with chemotherapy and how to arrange the follow-up of RB patients.It's more complicated to choice the therapeutic measures for RB in clinical practice.So,the patient's condition,economic capability and medical condition should be evaluated comprehensively.The principle of RB treatment should be followed,which is protecting eyeball and visual function without life damage.
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Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases
Year:
2018
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