RT Book, Section
A1 Jubran, Rima F.
A1 Meadows, Anna T.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7043959
T1 Chapter 461. Retinoblastoma
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7043959
RD 2024/04/16
AB Retinoblastoma  (RB)  is  the  most  common  primary  intraocular  malignancy  of  childhood.  Incidence  rates  vary  from  1  in  14,000  to  1  in  22,000  live  births,  and  it  is  estimated  that  300  children  develop  retinoblastoma  in  the  United  States  annually.1  There  is  no  race  or  gender  predilection.  Approximately  80%  of  children  are  diagnosed  before  the  age  of  3  years.  More  than  half  of  patients  diagnosed  in  the  first  year  of  life  have  bilateral  disease  compared  with  less  than  10%  of  older  children.