Prevention of radiochemotherapy-induced toxicity with amifostine in patients with malignant orbital tumors involving the lacrimal gland: a pilot study

BACKGROUND: To use amifostine concurrently with radiochemotherapy (CT-RT) or radiotherapy (RT) alone in order to prevent dry eye syndrome in patients with malignancies located in the fronto-orbital region. METHODS: Five patients (2 males, 3 females) with diagnosed malignancies (Non-Hodgkin B-cell Ly...

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Main Authors: Goldblum, David, Ghadjar, Pirus, Curschmann, Juergen, Greiner, Richard, Aebersold, Daniel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2542992/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18761746
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-3-22
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