Preoperative Chemotherapy With Doxorubicin in Wilms Tumor


Kupeli S., Bilici S.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY, vol.34, no.3, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 34 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/mph.0b013e3182373d21
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: preoperative chemotherapy, doxorubicin, Wilms tumor, children, MANAGEMENT, THERAPY, TRIAL
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Vincristine and actinomycin-D have long been used as the preoperative chemotherapy before nephrectomy in patients with Wilms tumor (WT). Actinomycin-D is not readily found in Turkey, and delay in treatment, occurring basically from commercial and marketing problems, prompted us to administer alternatives such as doxorubicin, another antitumor antibiotic available in Turkey, to our newly diagnosed patients with WT.