Cancer Management and Research (Jan 2022)

Clinical Analysis of 16 Distant Metastatic Retinoblastoma Cases with Event-Free Survival

  • Li N,
  • Wang YZ,
  • Huang DS,
  • Zhang Y,
  • Zhang WL,
  • Ma JM,
  • Zhou Y,
  • Liu TT

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 14
pp. 367 – 375

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Nan Li,1,* Yi-Zhuo Wang,1,* Dong-Sheng Huang,1 Yi Zhang,1 Wei-Ling Zhang,1 Jian-Min Ma,2 Yan Zhou,1 Ting-Ting Liu1 1Department of Pediatrics, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100176, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Ophthalmic Oncology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Dong-Sheng HuangDepartment of Pediatrics, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 2, Xihuan South Road, Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Beijing, 100176, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected]: This study aimed to summarize the clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of distant metastatic retinoblastoma with event-free survival.Design: Retrospective interventional case series.Methods: We screened patients with retinoblastoma who survived without events after the comprehensive treatment of distant metastases from June 2015 to February 2021 and collected information regarding their basic characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment. All patients received systemic intravenous chemotherapy. Other treatments included surgical treatment, radiotherapy, intrathecal chemotherapy, and autologous stem cell transplantation.Results: Among 780 hospitalized patients with retinoblastoma in the pediatric ward, a total of 94 patients with retinoblastoma were diagnosed with distant metastases, and 16 patients with distant metastatic retinoblastoma who survived more than 6 months without events were screened, including eight male and eight female patients. The median age of onset was 29 (range, 11– 120) months. Among the 16 patients, central nervous system metastasis (8/16), bone metastasis (8/16), bone marrow infiltration (4/16), lymph node metastasis (4/16), and parotid gland metastasis (3/16) were presented. All patients received treatment for more than 6 months, completed their regimen by February 2021, and survived without events. The median survival time after the onset of retinoblastoma was 50.5 (range, 23– 102) months, the median survival time after metastasis was 43.5 (range, 16– 71) months, and the median event-free survival was 29.0 (range, 6– 59) months.Conclusion: Metastatic retinoblastoma may benefit from comprehensive treatments including systemic intravenous chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. However, recurrence after treatment still needs attention, and patients in complete remission still need long-term follow-up.Keywords: retinoblastoma, distant metastasis, comprehensive treatment

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