Retinoblastoma: concerning its initiation and treatment

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摘要 Retinoblastoma(RB)isthemostcommonintraocularcancerofinfancyandchildhood.ThiscancerisinitiatedbymutationonRB1,thetumorsuppressorgenethatisresponsiblefortheregulationofbothcellcycleandgnomestabilityinretinalcells.PatientswithaconstitutionalmutationonRB1canbeinherited.RBoccursapproximately1inevery15000-20000livebirths.Theworldwidemortalityforthiscancerisabout5%-11%.However,thisraterisestoabout40%-70%indevelopingcountriesduetoadelayindiagnosis.Awidevarietyofoptionsareavailableforthetreatment,butoftenacombinationoftherapiesisadoptedtooptimizeindividualizedcare.
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出版日期 2013年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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