Research on the treatment of retinoblastoma, and reducing cases of blindness in children who suffer from this disease.
SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital has led the way in Europe in introducing intra-arterial chemotherapy, which applies localised chemotherapy to the tumour and preserves the eye affected by the disease.
Intra-arterial chemotherapy consists of inserting a catheter into an artery in the child's groin and then advancing it towards an artery in the eye to administer chemotherapy to the tumour. This technique allows chemotherapeutic agents to better reach the tumour and makes it possible to reduce the dose of chemotherapy that the body receives. In this way, adverse effects are reduced and patient and family quality of life is improved.
At SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital, we take a multidisciplinary approach to disease involving the best ophthalmologists with expertise in the retina, radiotherapists and oncologists.
- Finding new ways to treat retinoblastoma.
- Avoid having to remove the balloon to occupy certain patients with retinoblastoma and reduce the cases of blindness in children who suffer from this disease.
Children with retinoblastoma.
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