"Retinoblastoma symptoms" recurrence if diagnosed after 6 months

2019-09-17 00:45:11

As with other cancers, early screening is very important because retinoblastoma can increase the survival rate or eye retention rate and prevent blindness.

More than 50% of patients have been admitted to the hospital complaining that their pupils have turned white.

In 20% of cases, strabismus (one eye turns) is found, and only 10% of eyesight is found.

Not once, one in four patients experience relapse after the first treatment.

If diagnosed after 6 months of age, there is a 14% chance of relapse, but if diagnosed before 6 months of age, the probability of relapse is 45%.

In particular, 58% of cases were diagnosed before 3 months of age.

In other words, even after treatment, regular eye examinations should be performed.

The incidence of retinoblastoma is almost universal, regardless of country or race, and is estimated to occur in 1 in 20,000 newborn babies.

70% of patients develop only in one eye.

The rate in both eyes is 25-35%.

If you see it in both eyes, the onset is more severe, symptoms are severe, and family tends to appear more often than in one eye.