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Retinoblastoma Intra-arterial Chemotherapy

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Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular tumor of childhood with an average age at diagnosis is 18 months. First-line intra-arterial chemotherapy is very promising for intraocular retinoblastoma and may be superior to intravenous chemotherapy or external beam radiotherapy. Intra-arterial chemotherapy is associated with tolerable systemic toxicity.

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  1. Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Neurosurgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Edward D. Greenberg MD

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Y. Pierre Gobin MD

  3. Ophthalmic Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Brian P. Marr MD

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Scott E. Brodie MD, PhD

  5. Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Ira J. Dunkel MD

  6. Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    David H. Abramson MD

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Correspondence to Edward D. Greenberg MD .

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Health Network, Mount Sinai Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Kieran Murphy

  2. Department of Neuroradiology, The National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom

    Fergus Robertson

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Greenberg, E.D., Gobin, Y.P., Marr, B.P., Brodie, S.E., Dunkel, I.J., Abramson, D.H. (2014). Retinoblastoma Intra-arterial Chemotherapy. In: Murphy, K., Robertson, F. (eds) Interventional Neuroradiology. Techniques in Interventional Radiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4582-0_20

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