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Retinoblastoma.
Pediatric clinics of North America - 1 Feb 2015
Rodriguez-Galindo Carlos, Orbach Darren B, VanderVeen Deborah
Abstract excerpt
Retinoblastoma is the most common neoplasm of the eye in childhood, and represents 3% of all childhood malignancies. Retinoblastoma is a cancer of the very young; two-thirds are diagnosed before 2 years of age and 95% before 5 years. Retinoblastoma presents in 2 distinct clinical forms: (1) a bilateral or multifocal, heritable form (25% of all cases), characterized by the presence of germline mutations of the RB1...
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