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The use of prophylactic eye drops during high-dose cytosine arabinoside therapy.

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Higa, GM; Gockerman, JP; Hunt, AL; Jones, MR; Horne, BJ
Published in: Cancer
October 15, 1991

An ocular toxic reaction presenting as conjunctivitis or keratitis develops in a significant number of patients who are treated with high-dose cytosine arabinoside (ara-C). Although eye drops containing glucocorticoid reportedly decrease the incidence, they do not totally eliminate this side effect. In comparing this technique with artificial tears, both were found to be equally effective. The primary mechanism by which eye drops decrease ocular toxic reactions associated with high-dose ara-C is presumably due to dilution of intraocular concentrations of ara-C.

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Cancer

DOI

ISSN

0008-543X

Publication Date

October 15, 1991

Volume

68

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1691 / 1693

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Prednisolone
  • Ophthalmic Solutions
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
  • Keratitis
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Double-Blind Method
 

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Higa, G. M., Gockerman, J. P., Hunt, A. L., Jones, M. R., & Horne, B. J. (1991). The use of prophylactic eye drops during high-dose cytosine arabinoside therapy. Cancer, 68(8), 1691–1693. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19911015)68:8<1691::aid-cncr2820680805>3.0.co;2-w
Higa, G. M., J. P. Gockerman, A. L. Hunt, M. R. Jones, and B. J. Horne. “The use of prophylactic eye drops during high-dose cytosine arabinoside therapy.Cancer 68, no. 8 (October 15, 1991): 1691–93. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19911015)68:8<1691::aid-cncr2820680805>3.0.co;2-w.
Higa GM, Gockerman JP, Hunt AL, Jones MR, Horne BJ. The use of prophylactic eye drops during high-dose cytosine arabinoside therapy. Cancer. 1991 Oct 15;68(8):1691–3.
Higa, G. M., et al. “The use of prophylactic eye drops during high-dose cytosine arabinoside therapy.Cancer, vol. 68, no. 8, Oct. 1991, pp. 1691–93. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19911015)68:8<1691::aid-cncr2820680805>3.0.co;2-w.
Higa GM, Gockerman JP, Hunt AL, Jones MR, Horne BJ. The use of prophylactic eye drops during high-dose cytosine arabinoside therapy. Cancer. 1991 Oct 15;68(8):1691–1693.
Journal cover image

Published In

Cancer

DOI

ISSN

0008-543X

Publication Date

October 15, 1991

Volume

68

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1691 / 1693

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Prednisolone
  • Ophthalmic Solutions
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
  • Keratitis
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Double-Blind Method