Forty years of retinoblastoma; into the fifth age

Forty years of retinoblastoma; into the fifth age

Forty years of research into retinoblastoma has seen wide-ranging changes in our knowledge of the histogenesis of this childhood tumour and in the treatment of the disease. These changes, and some of the more recent developments in the molecular biology of this tumour are reviewed.

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Veröffentlicht in:Eye (London) 1988, Vol.2 (S1), p.S13-S18
Hauptverfasser: MCCARTNEY, A. C. E, OLVER, J. M, KINGSTON, J. E, HUNGERFORD, J. L
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Eye Neoplasms - etiology
Eye Neoplasms - therapy
Humans
Medical sciences
Ophthalmology
Retinoblastoma - etiology
Retinoblastoma - therapy
Tumors and pseudotumors of the eye, orbit, eyelid, lacrimal apparatus
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Zusammenfassung:Forty years of research into retinoblastoma has seen wide-ranging changes in our knowledge of the histogenesis of this childhood tumour and in the treatment of the disease. These changes, and some of the more recent developments in the molecular biology of this tumour are reviewed.
ISSN:0950-222X
1476-5454
DOI:10.1038/eye.1988.129