Retinoblastoma: evidence for postenucleation adjuvant chemotherapy.
Retinoblastoma: evidence for postenucleation adjuvant chemotherapy.
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10.1097/iio.0000000000000048
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2015-01-01
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Kim, Jonathan W
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Kim, Jonathan W
In the United States, cure rates after enucleation for patients with intraocular retinoblastoma range between 96% and 100%. 1–3 However, when extraocular relapse does occur after enucleation, mortality rates are high. 1, 4 There have been numerous retrospective studies attempting to identify which patients are at highest risk for metastatic disease after enucleation. 5–18 It is generally accepted that histopathologic risk factors are more predictive than clinical features. 12, 14, 16, 17 By identifying ‘‘highrisk’’histopathologic features that are associated with an increased risk of relapse, clinicians have proposed that metastasis may be prevented with prophylactic treatment. Systemic chemotherapy given to children after enucleation without evidence of overt metastatic disease is termed chemoprophylaxis or adjuvant treatment. Selecting candidates for adjuvant treatment represents one of the most controversial areas of retinoblastoma management, as there is little consensus on which histopathologic features meet the criteria for chemoprophylaxis. When reviewing the available literature, there are numerous issues that complicate an accurate assessment of the metastatic risk, including the low numbers of patients with relapse, inclusion of unilateral and bilateral patients, absence of controlled studies, inclusion of untreated and treated patients, and different definitions for histopathologic risk factors used by various investigators.The risk of relapse following enucleation for any of these histopathologic features, termed ‘‘high-risk’’factors, ranges anywhere from 0% to 81% in the literature. 5–8, 10–14, 16, 17, 19, 20 Conversely, enucleated patients without any high-risk features can also develop orbital and systemic relapse. 2, 16 There is general consensus that patients with a positive optic nerve margin should receive adjuvant therapy, typically with both systemic chemotherapy and orbital radiation. 6, 8, 11, 16 There is also nearcomplete consensus that scleral invasion should receive treatment with