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Treatment of Intraocular Retinoblastoma

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The extent of intraocular involvement, visual potential of the eye, tumor size, and status of the fellow eye are the principal considerations in devising a treatment strategy for patients with intraocular retinoblastoma. Preservation of life, the eye, and vision are what we hope to achieve. The potential risk of any treatment must be weighed against the possible benefit. The more advanced the disease, the greater the risk to the patient if there is to be any preservation of vision.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, The Hamilton Eye Institute University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    M. W. Wilson (Professor of Ophthalmology)

  2. Departments of Surgery and Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA

    M. W. Wilson (Professor of Ophthalmology)

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    Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo

  2. Hamilton Eye Inst., University of Tennessee, Madison Avenue 930, Memphis, 38103, U.S.A.

    Matthew W. Wilson

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Wilson, M.W. (2010). Treatment of Intraocular Retinoblastoma. In: Rodriguez-Galindo, C., Wilson, M. (eds) Retinoblastoma. Pediatric Oncology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89072-2_7

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