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Second and subsequent tumours among 1927 retinoblastoma patients diagnosed in Britain 1951-2004.
British journal of cancer - 25 Jun 2013
MacCarthy A, Bayne A M, Brownbill P A, Bunch K J, Diggens N L, Draper G J, Hawkins M M, Jenkinson H C, Kingston J E, Stiller C A, Vincent T J, Murphy M F G
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BACKGROUND: Retinoblastoma is an eye tumour of childhood that occurs in heritable and non-heritable forms. In the heritable form, there is a predisposition to the development of non-ocular subsequent primary tumours (SPTs). METHODS: This study included 1927 retinoblastoma patients diagnosed in Britain from 1951 to 2004. Ascertainment was through the (UK) National Registry of Childhood Tumours; cases were...
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