PMID- 28695166
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240326
IS  - 2347-5625 (Print)
IS  - 2349-6673 (Electronic)
IS  - 2347-5625 (Linking)
VI  - 4
IP  - 3
DP  - 2017 Jul-Sep
TI  - Ophthalmic Artery Chemosurgery: A Nursing Perspective.
PG  - 205-208
LID - 10.4103/2347-5625.207737 [doi]
AB  - Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common primary cancer to affect the eyes in 
      children with approximately 350 cases/year in the United States and 8000 
      worldwide. Today, sadly, 50% of children with RB worldwide die from their 
      disease. In our experience, utilization of ophthalmic artery chemosurgery (OAC) 
      has transformed the treatment plan for patients; with over 1500 procedures 
      performed, our survival rate exceeds 98%. It is now our standard first-line 
      therapy for RB. OAC is a surgical outpatient procedure which delivers 
      concentrated doses of chemotherapy directly to the tumor without the toxicities 
      of systemic chemotherapy. Our team approach and nursing management of these 
      patients are the focus of this article. Nursing navigation and collaboration 
      after OAC is vital and requires a combined effort by the nurses along with 
      physicians, interventional radiologists, and the patient's families to ensure 
      appropriate follow-up is established. Proper patient education throughout the 
      process is crucial as is open and available communication for parents of patients 
      with the nursing staff. The success in our treatment of this disease can be much 
      accredited to the multidisciplinary team approach, with nursing playing an 
      integral part in the support and management of these patients.
FAU - Davis, Mary Elizabeth
AU  - Davis ME
AD  - Department of Nursing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
FAU - Guarini, Edith
AU  - Guarini E
AD  - Department of Nursing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
FAU - Eibeler, Lindsey
AU  - Eibeler L
AD  - Department of Nursing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
FAU - Salvaggio, Kimberly A
AU  - Salvaggio KA
AD  - Department of Neurological Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell 
      Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs
JT  - Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing
JID - 101673157
PMC - PMC5473091
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Coordination
OT  - nursing navigation
OT  - ophthalmic artery chemosurgery
OT  - retinoblastoma
COIS- There are no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2017/07/12 06:00
MHDA- 2017/07/12 06:01
PMCR- 2017/07/01
CRDT- 2017/07/12 06:00
PHST- 2017/07/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/07/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/07/12 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2347-5625(21)00408-X [pii]
AID - APJON-4-205 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/2347-5625.207737 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs. 2017 Jul-Sep;4(3):205-208. doi: 10.4103/2347-5625.207737.