retinoblastoma

What is Retinoblastoma?
Retinoblastoma is cancer of the retina in the eye. There are two forms of retinoblastoma hereditary and sporadic. Hereditary retinoblastoma is caused by genetic factors and sporadic retinoblastoma is caused by mutations in the tissues of the retina. Treatments for retinoblastoma are “surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and vaccine therapy" [1] . An image of unilateral retinoblastoma is shown below.



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1. [|Retinoblastoma]. //National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health//. 2. [|Stoplight on Retinoblastoma]. //St. Jude Children's Research Hospital//.