Article
[Genetic analysis results of patients with a retinoblastoma refractory to systemic chemotherapy].
Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia - 1 Sept 2015
Ruiz del Río N, Abelairas Gómez J M, Alonso García de la Rosa F J, Peralta Calvo J M, de las Heras Martín A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the genetic alterations identified in the RB1 gene in retinoblastoma patients who do not respond to systemic chemotherapy. METHODS: A genetic analysis was performed on 115 patients with retinoblastoma, 40 of whom had received systemic chemotherapy, and 29 of them had bilateral disease. Descriptive and retrospective study. Non-responders were considered as patients who are finally enucleated....
Topics
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
- Eye Enucleation
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Male
- Mutation
