Cure Research for Retinoblastoma

Treatments for Retinoblastoma

Treatments to consider for Retinoblastoma may include:

• Radiotherapy
• Surgery
• Blocking the tumor's blood supply
• Surgical eye removal
• more treatments...»

Medical Research Breakthroughs and Retinoblastoma

New treatment for Retinobalstoma: Retinoblastoma is a rare and frightening eye cancer and often the only cure has been to remove the eye and even then the disease can be fatal. Today there is new hope for treating this cancer, thanks to a breakthrough procedure developed by Dr. Pierre Gobin attending radiologist and his partner Dr, David H. Abramson’s innovative treatment which uses intra- arterial chemotherapy or chemosurgery to treat retinoblastoma. With the aid of an angiography machine a medicine is injected directly into the eye’s artery. This method allows the concentration of chemicals to be at far higher levels than when they are injected into an arm vein where perhaps less than 1 percent actually reaches the eye. The procedure takes approximately one hour and the tumour visibly shrinks within three weeks. It is a powerful promise to save the eyes.

Cure Research discussion for Retinoblastoma:

Since the Rb gene is found in all cell types, studying the molecular mechanism of tumor suppression by Rb will give insight into the progression of many types of cancer, not just retinoblastoma. (Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)

Retinoblastoma Treatment: Book Excerpts

• Treatment - Red Eye
• Treatment - Scleral Injection (Red Eye)
• Treatment - Eye Discharge
• Emergency interventions   - Eye pain
• Treatment - Malignant spinal neoplasms
• Emergency interventions - Eye pain [Ophthalmalgia]
• Patient counseling - Eye discharge
• Nursing considerations - Eye pain
• Patient counseling - Eye discharge
• Emergency Actions - Eye pain
• Nursing considerations - Doll's eye sign, absent [Negative oculocephalic reflex]
• Nursing considerations - Eye pain [Ophthalmalgia]
• Nursing considerations - Raccoon eyes
• Nursing considerations - Eye discharge
• Nursing considerations - Setting-sun sign [Sunset eyes]

Clinical Trials for Retinoblastoma

Some of the clinical trials for Retinoblastoma include:

• Combination Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, and Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients With Retinoblastoma - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - bone marrow ablation with stem cell support,carboplatin,cyclophosphamide,doxorubicin,etoposide,filgrastim,topotecan
• Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Retinoblastoma - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - carboplatin,cisplatin,cyclophosphamide,etoposide,filgrastim,mesna,vincristine
• Arsenic Trioxide in Treating Patients With Advanced Neuroblastoma or Other Childhood Solid Tumors - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - arsenic trioxide
• Carboplatin Plus Vincristine in Treating Children With Retinoblastoma - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - carboplatin,vincristine
• Rebeccamycin Analogue in Treating Children With Solid Tumors or Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - rebeccamycin analogue
• more trials...»

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