GENEVA — Two new classification systems allow for improved stratification of patients with retinoblastoma, according to study results presented at World Cancer Congress.
This improves the ability to predict presence of high-risk pathology, as well as risk for death due to metastatic disease, Ankit Singh Tomar, MBBS, MD, clinical research fellow at New York Eye Cancer Center, and colleagues concluded.
Retinoblastoma — the most common type of eye cancer among children — accounts for approximately 2% of childhood cancers.
An estimated 200 to 300 children in the United States are