Table 1. Published series reporting Snellen visual acuity in eyes with retinoblastoma.
Authors | Publication | Primary treatment | Number of eyes | Classification | Enucleation | % 20/40 or greater | % 20/50 to 150 | % Poor vision | Fix/Follow | Follow-up (months) |
Levin et al | (present) | OAC | 157 | ICRb D or E | 39 (25%) | 19 (12%) | 5 (3%) | 133 (85%, 20/200 or worse) | NA | 51 |
Levin et al | (present) | OAC | 63 | Unilateral ICRb D or E with macular disease | 11 (17%) | 4 (6.3%) | 1 (1.5%) | 58 (92%) | NA | |
Levin et al | (present) | OAC | 18 | Unilateral ICRb D or E with no macular disease | 4 (22%) | 5 (28%) | 1 (5.6%) | 12 (67%) | NA | |
Berry et al | Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Apr;60(4):688–93. | IVC plus EBR | 62 | ICRb D | 17 (27%), included | 5 (8.1%) | 6 (8.3%) | 31 (50%, 20/200 or worse) | 20 (32%) | 54.2 |
Berry et al | Br J Ophthalmol. 2014 Aug;98(8):1061–5. | IVC plus EBR | 52 | ICRb D | Enucleation excluded | 5 (9.6%) | 12 (23%) | 25 (71%; worse than 20/200) | 10 (19%) | 50 |
Shields et al | Ophthalmology. 2009 Mar;116(3):544-551.e1 | IVC | 38 | ICRb E | Enucleation excluded | 4 eyes (11%, 20/50 or better) | 11 (29%, 20/60 to 20/100) | 21 (55%, 20/200 or worse) | 2 (5.3%) | 63 |
Choi et al | J Korean Med Sci. 2010 Apr;25(4):546–51. | EBR | 32 | RE II-V | 8 (25%), included | 9 (28%) | 5 (16%) | 18 (56%, 20/200 or worse) | NA | 150 |
Fabian et al | Am J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jul;179:137–144. | IVC plus adjuvent | 32 | ICRb D | Enucleation excluded | 7 (22%) | 9 (28%) | 16 (50%, worse than 20/200)a | NA | 64.4 |
Rao et al | Br J Ophthalmol. 2018 Apr;102(4):490–495. | Intravit. injection | 17 | ICRb C and D | 1 (5.8%), included | 6 (35%) | 5 (29%) | 5 (29%, 20/200 or worse) | NA | 23.8 |
Schefler et al | Ophthalmology. 2007 Jan;114(1):162–9. | IVC and laser | 14 | RE I-V | Enucleation excluded | 5 (36%) | 3 (21%) | 6 (43%, 20/200 or worse) | NA | 36 |
Authors | Publication | Primary treatment | Number of eyes | Classification | Enucleation | % 20/40 or greater | % 20/50 to 150 | % Poor vision | Fix/Follow | Follow-up (months) |
Kim et al | Korean J Ophthalmol. 2010 Dec;24(6):347–52. | IVC plus local | 13 | ICRb B | Enucleation excluded | 5 (38%) | 2 (15%) | 6 (46%, 20/200 or worse) | NA | 79.3 |
Tsimpida | Br J Ophthalmol. 2013 Nov;97(11):1464–70. | IAM | 12 | (excluded eyes with foveolar disease) | 0 (0%) | 6 (50%) | 1 (8.3%) | 4 (33%, 20/200 or worse) | 1 (8.3%) | 21 |
Jung et al | J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Apr 20. | Proton beam rad. | 4 | ICRb D | 2 (50%), included | 1 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (75%, 20/200 or worse) | NA | 12; 50 |
a This number was calculated by the authors of the present study from the numbers reported in the published study.