LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF CHILDREN WITH RETINOBLASTOMA

• Published in: Pediatric hematology and oncology Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 173 - 179
• Main Authors: Nahum, M. Peretz, Gdal-On, M., Kuten, A., Herzl, G., Horovitz, Y., Arush, M. Weyl Ben
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Informa UK Ltd 2001; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Cognition Disorders - epidemiology; Eye Enucleation; Eye Neoplasms - drug therapy; Eye Neoplasms - psychology; Eye Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Eye Neoplasms - surgery; Eye Neoplasms - therapy; Female; Follow-UP; Follow-Up Studies; Growth Disorders - epidemiology; Humans; Infant; Male; Medical sciences; Neoplasms, Second Primary - epidemiology; Neuropsychological Tests; Ocular; Ophthalmology; Pediatric; Radiotherapy; Retinoblastoma; Retinoblastoma - drug therapy; Retinoblastoma - psychology; Retinoblastoma - radiotherapy; Retinoblastoma - surgery; Retinoblastoma - therapy; Retrospective Studies; Survivors; Time Factors; Tumors and pseudotumors of the eye, orbit, eyelid, lacrimal apparatus; Vision Disorders - epidemiology; Vision Disorders - etiology; Visual Acuity; Wechsler Scales; Human; Nervous system diseases; Retinopathy; Sequela; Malignant tumor; Radiotherapy; Long term; Eye disease; Chemotherapy; Treatment; Surgery; Complication; Evolution; Retinoblastoma; Child; Age

Twenty-one pediatric retinoblastoma (RB) patients treated between 1976 and 1994 were evaluated for late treatment-related complications. Median age at diagnosis was 24 months; median age at follow-up was 12 years; median follow-up time was 12 years. Of the 21 patients, 14 had unilateral RB and 7 had...