A study on relation between various prognostic factors and survival outcomes of Retinoblastoma patients

Dr. P. Shrivastava; A. Shrivastava

Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

A study on relation between various prognostic factors and survival outcomes of Retinoblastoma patients

Dr. P. Shrivastava, A. Shrivastava

Abstract :

The objective is to study the impact of various factors on survival of retinoblastoma patients. The study was conducted in patients attending a tertiary eye care centre during a period from January 2016 to June 2018, who are diagnosed with retinoblastoma.

Data about their ocular manifestations, age, sex, time lag between onset and consultation, family history, metastasis, recurrence and treatment were collected and analysed.Out of 40 cases, 16 cases showed optic nerve involvement, of which two patients had distant metastasis and both couldn’t survive after treatment.

The time lag between onset and consultation was between 12–24 months for both, and they also showed high risk characteristics and optic nerve infiltration.

Thus the survival rate of retinoblastoma decreases with increasing time lag between onset of symptoms and consultation, metastasis and high risk histopathological features, so a timely diagnosis with intervention is essential in management of retinoblastoma.