Article
Patterns of risk of hereditary retinoblastoma and applications to genetic counselling.
British journal of cancer - 1 Jul 1992
Draper G J, Sanders B M, Brownbill P A, Hawkins M M
Abstract excerpt
A registry including information about nearly 1,600 cases of retinoblastoma diagnosed in Britain has been created at the Childhood Cancer Research Group. Cases have been classified as 'old germ cell mutation', 'new germ cell mutation' or 'sporadic non-hereditary'. For a population-based group of 918 cases diagnosed between 1962 and 1985 we have calculated the proportions of unilateral/bilateral and...
Topics
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Eye Neoplasms
- Genetic Counseling
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant
- Mutation
- Probability
- Registries
- Retinoblastoma
- Risk Factors
