News & Media
April 15, 2019 - Retinoblastoma Center of Houston
Retinoblastoma Center of Houston celebrates 10 years
October 18, 2017 - American Academy of Ophthalmology
Genetic testing recommended for children considered at risk for most common eye cancer
November 14, 2011 - Baylor College of Medicine
Genetic evaluation should be part of retinoblastoma care
November 29, 2011 - Oncology Nurse Advisor
Make genetic testing part of retinoblastoma care
March 22, 2010 - ABC News
Eye Cancer: Saving Kids' Eyes
February 11, 2010 - Ivanhoe Newswire
Eye Cancer: Saving Kids' Eyes
January 29, 2010 - M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Doctors Team Up to Battle Retinoblastoma
April 1, 2009 - Texas Medical Center News
New Center Treats Childhood Eye Cancer
March 27, 2009 - The Houston Chronicle
Medical Center attacks rare eye cancer
March 25, 2009 - Texas Children's Hospital
Collaborative center aimed at
treating, curing retinoblastoma
First center of its kind in Southwest;
first in nation to offer gene therapy
March 25, 2009 - Houston Business Journal
TMC experts join forces to fight eye cancer in children
How is retinoblastoma treated?
- When one eye is involved and the disease is advanced, the eye is usually surgically removed. This treatment results in the loss of an eye, but a permanent cure for more than 90 percent of patients.
- If both eyes are involved, then chemotherapy, consisting of anti-tumor drugs, is used first to shrink the tumors in both eyes.
- Ophthalmologists may treat small tumors by using laser therapy or a freezing treatment called cryotherapy.
- Other novel approaches, such as gene therapy and proton therapy, are being used in clinical trials to treat retinoblastoma patients, showing promising outcomes.
