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New insights into trilateral retinoblastoma
Author(s) -
Singh Arun D.,
Shields Carol L.,
Shields Jerry A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990701)86:1<3::aid-cncr2>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - medicine , retinoblastoma , cohort , family history , disease , pediatrics , oncology , surgery , genetics , gene , biology
Trilateral retinoblastoma is a heterogeneous clinical entity that develops in a subset of retinoblastoma patients manifesting heritable disease (bilateral, multifocal, or positive family history). Survival is dismal in the majority of cases. Screening efforts should be applied to the at‐risk cohort. See also pages 135–41