Retinoblastoma epidemiology and demographics
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There is no predisposition for retinoblastoma by race or gender. Right and left eyes are affected equally. It is the most common intraocular tumor of the childhood. The incidence of retinoblastoma worldwide ranges from 1 in 14,000 live births to 1 in 34,000.[1] The mean age-adjusted incidence rate of retinoblastoma is 11.8 cases per million children aged 0-4 years in the USA and it is similar to rates reported from European countries and the age-adjusted incidence rate of retinoblastoma in the USA as well as bilateral cases (26.7%) versus unilateral cases (71.9%) remained stable from 1975-2004.[2]
Here are some highlights listed by the SEER(Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results) about the incidence of retinoblastoma among children and adolescents.[3]
- Retinoblastoma accounted for approximately 11% of cancers developing in the first year of life,but for only 3% of the cancers developing among children younger than 15 years of age.
- In the US, approximately 300 children and adolescents younger than 20 years of age are diagnosed with retinoblastomas each year.
References
- ↑ Bishop JO, Madson EC (1975). "Retinoblastoma. Review of the current status". Survey of Ophthalmology. 19 (6): 342–66. PMID 1145423.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Broaddus E, Topham A, Singh AD (2009). "Incidence of retinoblastoma in the USA: 1975-2004". The British Journal of Ophthalmology. 93 (1): 21–3. doi:10.1136/bjo.2008.138750. PMID 18621794. Retrieved 2012-05-02. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/childhood/retinoblastoma.pdf