[tri-med] Re: Retina question

 
 
i answered my own question: and Jason does not have this, though he  does 
have something else, i don't remember what, but we are returning to the  Optho 
May12th.  
Retinoblastoma (reh-tin-oh-blast-oma) is a childhood cancer  arising from 
immature retinal cells in one or both eyes and can strike from the  time a 
child 
is in the womb up to 5 years of age.  This cancer is curable  if caught early 
enough.  However, 87% of the children stricken with this  disease worldwide 
die, mostly in developing countries.  In developed  countries, 97% of those who 
do live have moderate to severe visual impairment.  
Retinoblastoma is a relatively uncommon tumor of childhood that accounts for  
about 3% of the cancers in children under the age of 15.  The tumors  
originate in the retina, the light sensitive layer of the eye, which enables 
the  eye 
to see.  When the tumors are present in one eye, it is referred to as  
unilateral retinoblastoma, and when it occurs in both eyes it is referred to as 
 
bilateral retinoblastoma.  60% of the cases involve only one eye  (unilateral); 
the rest affect both eyes (bilateral).  90% of retinoblastoma  patients have no 
family history of the disease and only 10% of newly diagnosed  patients have 
other family members with retinoblastoma.  
In a message dated 4/11/2008 6:12:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
SHAMOND73@xxxxxxx writes:
what  does that mean?? i think Jason might have the same  thing.








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