Treatment and outcome of nonmetastatic extraocular retinoblastoma with a uniform chemotherapy protocol

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2010 Mar;32(2):e42-5. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181bfcd83.

Abstract

Nonmetastatic extraocular retinoblastoma is a common entity in South-East Asia. We did a retrospective study of patients treated for isolated extraocular retinoblastoma, that is, International retinoblastoma staging system stages II and III, using a uniform chemotherapy protocol at our oncology center, between June 2003 and June 2008. Out of the 25 patients having nonmetastatic extraocular retinoblastoma, 6 were in stage II, and 19 in stage III. The probability of event-free survival was 0.54 at 18 months of follow-up with no significant difference between the 2 stages and the presence of optic nerve involvement; 11 out of 13 relapses were systemic. This is the largest case series of nonmetastatic extraocular retinoblastoma from South-East Asia.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Orbital Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Orbital Neoplasms / mortality
  • Orbital Neoplasms / pathology
  • Retinoblastoma / drug therapy*
  • Retinoblastoma / mortality
  • Retinoblastoma / pathology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Treatment Outcome