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intravitreal chemotherapy

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004462

Treatment in which anticancer drugs are injected directly into the vitreous humor (gel-like fluid inside the eye). Intravitreal chemotherapy is used to treat retinoblastoma that has spread to the vitreous humor and has come back or has not gotten better after other treatment.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004462
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004462",
  "term": "intravitreal chemotherapy",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Treatment in which anticancer drugs are injected directly into the vitreous humor (gel-like fluid inside the eye). Intravitreal chemotherapy is used to treat retinoblastoma that has spread to the vitreous humor and has come back or has not gotten better after other treatment.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/intravitreal-chemotherapy/"
}

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