Preoperative Chemotherapy With Doxorubicin in Wilms Tumor
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY, vol.34, no.3, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- 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.