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| Retinoblastoma is a rare fast-growing cancer that only occurs in newborns, infants and children under 5 years of age. Arising from immature retinal cells in one or both eyes, these tumors begin as tiny elevations in the retina and eventually fill the eye over time. |
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Diagnosis
With early diagnosis, the disease is treatable and, in most cases, the eyesight can be saved as well as the life of the child. By dilating the pupils of an infant, most cases of this disease, as well as the pathology of many other ocular diseases can be detected.
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- Treatment
Treatment protocols include chemotherapy, radiation, sequential aggressive local laser or cryotherapy, the removal of one or both eyes (enucleation), or combinations of the above. An estimated 8,000 cases occur annually worldwide. Of these, 7,000 die (mostly in developing countries) due to the delay in diagnosis or because of the lack of access to expert medical care. In the developed world, 97% of infants survive their retinoblastoma, but most have a moderate to severe visual impairment. (For more information, go to http://www.retinoblastoma.net).
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