Treatment depends on whether the cancer is in one or both eyes.
April 27, 2005 (Press Release) --
Intraocular Retinoblastoma
Treatment depends on whether the cancer is in one or both eyes.
If the cancer is in one eye, treatment may be one of the following:
Surgery to remove the eye (enucleation) is used for large tumors when there is no expectation that useful vision can be preserved.
External radiation therapy, photocoagulation, cryotherapy, thermotherapy, or brachytherapy may be used with smaller tumors when there is potential for preservation of sight.
If the cancer is in both eyes, treatment may be one of the following:
Surgery to remove the eye with the most cancer, and/or radiation therapy to the other eye.
Radiation therapy to both eyes if there is potential for vision in both eyes.
Clinical trials testing systemic chemotherapy with or without other types of treatment.
Treatment depends on whether the cancer is in one or both eyes.
If the cancer is in one eye, treatment may be one of the following:
Surgery to remove the eye (enucleation) is used for large tumors when there is no expectation that useful vision can be preserved.
External radiation therapy, photocoagulation, cryotherapy, thermotherapy, or brachytherapy may be used with smaller tumors when there is potential for preservation of sight.
If the cancer is in both eyes, treatment may be one of the following:
Surgery to remove the eye with the most cancer, and/or radiation therapy to the other eye.
Radiation therapy to both eyes if there is potential for vision in both eyes.
Clinical trials testing systemic chemotherapy with or without other types of treatment.
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