The risk of trilateral retinoblastoma is high with the heritable form. For this reason, MRI scanning is required every six months, until the child is at least five years old. References ...

Each year about 300 children in the United States are diagnosed with retinoblastoma, an eye cancer that makes up about 1% of childhood cancers. This cancer typically occurs in young children, often ...

Patients (n = 123) were divided into three groups on the basis of risk factors for extraocular relapse and metastasis assessed on centralized histologic examination of enucleated eyes. Group 1 (n = 70 ...

RB1 loss triggers dependence on ESRRG in retinoblastoma. Science Advances, 2022; 8 (33) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm8466 ...

The retinoblastoma program at MSK Kids in New York City is the world’s oldest and most successful program for treating this eye cancer. MSK doctors have been curing retinoblastoma in children since ...

Among pediatric patients with pathologically high-risk retinoblastoma, three cycles of chemotherapy were found to have similar results to treatment with the standard six cycles of chemotherapy, ...

Retinoblastoma is one of the most common childhood cancers, but it’s still rare. It affects about 300 children in the U.S. each year, most of them under 5.

A retinoblastoma is a malignant tumor of the retina, which is the thin sensory membrane at the back of the eyeball. It occurs as a result of a mutation in both copies of the RB1 gene that produces ...

A shortened adjuvant chemotherapy regimen improved outcomes for infants with unilateral pathologic high-risk retinoblastoma, according to study results.Researchers reported improved 5-year DFS ...