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106Ruthenium Brachytherapy for Retinoblastoma by Hana Abouzeid; Raphaël Moeckli; Marie-Claire Gaillard; Maja Beck-Popovic; Alessia Pica; Leonidas Zografos; Aubin Balmer; Sandro Pampallona; Francis L. Munier is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of (106)ru plaque brachytherapy for the treatment of retinoblastoma. ## Methods and materials: We reviewed a retrospective, noncomparative case series of 39 children with retinoblastoma treated with (106)ru plaques at the jules-gonin eye hospital between october 1992 and july 2006, with 12 months of follow-up. ## Results: A total of 63 tumors were treated with (106)ru brachytherapy in 41 eyes. the median patient age was 27 months. (106)ru brachytherapy was the first-line treatment for 3 tumors (4.8%), second-line treatment for 13 (20.6%), and salvage treatment for 47 tumors (74.6%) resistant to other treatment modalities. overall tumor control was achieved in 73% at 1 year. tumor recurrence at 12 months was observed in 2 (12.5%) of 16 tumors for which (106)ru brachytherapy was used as the first- or second-line treatment and in 15 (31.9%) of 47 tumors for which (106)ru brachytherapy was used as salvage treatment. eye retention was achieved in 76% of cases (31 of 41 eyes). univariate and multivariate analyses revealed no statistically significant risk factors for tumor recurrence. radiation complications included retinal detachment in 7 (17.1%), p

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Author

Hana Abouzeid; Raphaël Moeckli; Marie-Claire Gaillard; Maja Beck-Popovic; Alessia Pica; Leonidas Zografos; Aubin Balmer; Sandro Pampallona; Francis L. Munier

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0360-3016)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)