Retinoblastoma Outcomes Worse for Poor, Minority Children Retinoblastoma Outcomes Worse for Poor, Minority Children
Hispanic and socially disadvantaged children are more likely to lose their affected eye than non-Hispanic children and those from advantaged communities. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Ethnic, racial, socioeconomic disparities in retinoblastoma in children
Ethnic, racial and socioeconomic disparities appear to exist among children with retinoblastoma, a once uniformly fatal but now treatable eye cancer, and those disparities are associated with greater risks for advanced disease and undergoing enucleation (removal of the eye), according to an article. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 5, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Disparities in outcomes for rare pediatric cancer suggest unequal access to primary care
(Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) Disparities in outcomes for children with retinoblastoma -- a rare eye tumor usually discovered in routine pediatric check-ups -- suggest unequal access to primary care, researchers from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center report in a study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. Although virtually all the children in the study survived, Hispanic children and children who lived in disadvantaged areas were more likely to lose an eye due to late diagnosis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 5, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Golden glow baby Mason Page has his eye removed after Retinoblastoma
New Zealand baby Mason Page has surgery to remove his left eye in Auckland on Thursday - now doctors will analyse the eye to reveal whether it was Coats' disease or a rare form of cancer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chemosurgery Appears No Less Safe Than Enucleation in Advanced Eye CancerChemosurgery Appears No Less Safe Than Enucleation in Advanced Eye Cancer
Ophthalmic artery chemosurgery (OAC) for advanced-stage retinoblastoma appears at least as safe as enucleation, according to New York-based researchers. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Ophthalmology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Ophthalmology Headlines - July 27, 2015 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
New understanding of retinoblastoma proteins' role in cell death and cancer progression
A new review article focuses on RB role in apoptosis provides a comprehensive overview on the role of RB proteins in the coordinated control of cell decisions. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 2, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Gene modulation method may provide insight on regrowing inner-ear sensory hair cells
An expert in the biology and physiology of the inner ear has developed a method to temporally modify the expression of the retinoblastoma-1 gene in mice. Modulation of the RB1 gene can allow for the regrowth of cells in the inner ear and potentially restore hearing and balance caused by the loss of sensory hair cells. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 11, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Fintan Morley-Smith to have eyes removed or risk dying from cancer
At three months old Fintan Morley-Smith, from Buckinghamshire, was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer. At four his first eye was removed, and at six doctors removed his second eye. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 4, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Toddler's tumour revealed by camera flash in picture
Stacey Sutherland's son diagnosed with retinoblastoma, rare type of eye cancer, after mother notices flash on picture shows white pupil (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - May 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: retinoblastoma Newcastle Stacey Sutherland eye cancer Royal Victoria Infirmary flash spots tumour Polar Express County Durham Source Type: news
Murphy keeps smiling after losing an eye to cancer
Strangers often tell Christine and Bryan that their daughter Murphy has such big, beautiful eyes. What they don’t know is that one of her eyes is not real. “We just want to say, ‘You have no idea!’, but we just smile and say, ‘thank you!’”
Murphy before surgery
When Murphy was five months old, Christine noticed that her daughter’s right pupil looked a bit iridescent. As a neurological nurse, she knew what to do to test a patient’s eyesight: she covered her daughter’s right eye to no effect. But when she covered the left eye, “Murphy lost her mind.”
Christine called her local pediatrician and was see...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - April 7, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jenny Fernandez Tags: Cancer Our patients’ stories Ankoor Shah Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center MRI retinoblastoma Source Type: news
New role uncovered for 'oldest' tumor suppressor gene
This study has found that the gene also has another important function, in helping to 'glue' severed strands of DNA back together. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - March 26, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Adult survivors of childhood eye cancer experience few cognitive or social setbacks
Adult survivors of retinoblastoma, a type of eye cancer that usually develops in early childhood, have few cognitive or social problems decades following their diagnosis and treatment, researchers report. The findings offer good news for patients, but it's important to continue to monitor for long-term effects as the brain changes throughout life. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 24, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Adult survivors of childhood eye cancer experience few cognitive or social setbacks
(Wiley) Adult survivors of retinoblastoma, a type of eye cancer that usually develops in early childhood, have few cognitive or social problems decades following their diagnosis and treatment. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 24, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Survivors of childhood eye cancer experience normal cognitive functioning as adults
(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) Most long-term survivors of retinoblastoma, particularly those who had been diagnosed with tumors by their first birthdays, have normal cognitive function as adults, according to a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital study. The research, which appears in the current issue of the journal Cancer, found that the vast majority of survivors work full time, live independently and fulfill other milestones of adult life. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 24, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
