| 41. | Some cases of retinoblastoma are hereditary; others occur spontaneously, with no family history of the disease.
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| 42. | As with many cancers, gene therapy holds promise for the future treatment of retinoblastoma, Abramson said.
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| 43. | In normal cells, the retinoblastoma, or Rb, protein helps block an invading virus from reproducing.
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| 44. | In 1998, his infant daughter Katya was diagnosed with a rare cancer of the eye called retinoblastoma.
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| 45. | She is also co-editor of a comprehensive book entitled, " Retinoblastoma ", published recently.
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| 46. | Two forms of retinoblastoma were noticed : a bilateral, familial form and a unilateral, sporadic form.
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| 47. | Knudson theorized that two mutations that arose differently were needed to produce the hereditary and sporadic forms of retinoblastoma.
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| 48. | Although the disease may sometimes be hereditary, the majority of retinoblastoma patients have no history of the disease.
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| 49. | A recent meta-analysis has shown that survival of trilateral retinoblastoma has increased substantially over the last decades.
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| 50. | Although blinded by retinoblastoma at the age of three, she has succeeded in competitive swimming despite her disability.
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