Update on Ocular Complications of Systemic Cancer Chemotherapy

• Published in: Survey of ophthalmology Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 19 - 40
• Main Authors: Schmid, Katharina E., Kornek, Gabriela V., Scheithauer, Werner, Binder, Susanne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 2006; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects; Biological and medical sciences; chemotherapy; cytotoxic; Eye Diseases - chemically induced; Humans; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Neoplasms - drug therapy; ocular; Ophthalmology; review; Risk Factors; toxicity; toxicity; chemotherapy; review; cytotoxic; ocular; chemotherapy cytotoxic; Ocular; Toxicity; Cytotoxicity; Review; Malignant tumor; Eye; Chemotherapy; Treatment; Complication; Disseminated; Ophthalmology; Bibliographic review

The constantly growing list of cytotoxic chemotherapeutics requires a new survey of ophthalmic complications, which are often underestimated. Based on the review by Imperia et al (1989), an update on ophthalmic complications of currently used cytotoxic chemotherapeutics in oncology was written. Visi...