What Is the Evidence Supporting Chemotherapy for Intraocular Retinoblastoma?
Abstract
Abstract I read with interest the article by Gallie et al1 in the November 1996 issue of the Archives regarding the use of chemotherapy in eyes with intraocular retinoblastoma. Gallie et al describe a series of 40 eyes treated with focal therapy and chemotherapy—eyes that "conventionally should be enucleated or receive radiotherapy."1 However, 16 (40%) of these 40 eyes contained tumors that measured 10 disc diameters or less (Reese-Ellsworth [RE] classification I-II), which in...