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. 2019 Nov 25;34(8):1441–1448. doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0698-2

Table 5.

Details of patients who died due to retinoblastoma

Case Age group High-risk retinoblastoma Details of high-risk features Adjuvant chemotherapy Adjuvant radiotherapy
1 <1 year Yes Massive choroidal invasion Yes No
2a <1 year No N/A N/A N/A
3 <1 year Yes Anterior chamber seeding; ciliary body infiltration; massive choroidal invasion; involvement of optic nerve transection; scleral infiltration; extrascleral infiltration Yes No
4 1–2 years Yes Massive choroidal invasion; involvement of optic nerve transection; scleral infiltration; extrascleral infiltration Yes Yes
5 1–2 years Yes Massive choroidal invasion; post-laminar optic nerve infiltration; scleral infiltration; Yes No
6 1–2 years Yes Massive choroidal invasion Yes No
7 1–2 years Yes Massive choroidal invasion; post-laminar optic nerve infiltration Yes No
8 2–3 years Yes Massive choroidal invasion; post-laminar optic nerve infiltration; scleral infiltration; extrascleral infiltration Yes No
9 2–3 years Yes Massive choroidal invasion; post-laminar optic nerve infiltration; scleral infiltration; extrascleral infiltration Yes No
10 2–3 years Yes Massive choroidal invasion; involvement of optic nerve transection; scleral infiltration Yes No
11 2–3 years Yes Massive choroidal invasion; involvement of optic nerve transection; scleral infiltration; extrascleral infiltration Yes Yes
12 2–3 years Yes Anterior chamber seeding; iris infiltration; ciliary body infiltration; massive choroidal invasion; involvement of optic nerve transection; scleral infiltration; extrascleral infiltration Yes Yes
13 2–3 years Yes Massive choroidal invasion; involvement of optic nerve transection Yes Yes
14 3–4 years Yes Post-laminar optic nerve infiltration Yes No
15 3–4 years Yes Anterior chamber seeding; ciliary body infiltration; massive choroidal invasion; involvement of optic nerve transection; scleral infiltration Yes No
16 3–4 years Yes Anterior chamber seeding; iris infiltration; ciliary body infiltration; massive choroidal invasion; post-laminar optic nerve infiltration Yes No
17 3–4 years Yes Iris infiltration; ciliary body infiltration; massive choroidal invasion; post-laminar optic nerve infiltration Yes No
18 >4 years Yes Involvement of optic nerve transection Yes Yes
19 >4 years Yes Massive choroidal invasion; post-laminar optic nerve infiltration Yes No
20 >4 years Yes Involvement of optic nerve transection Yes Yes
21 >4 years Yes Post-laminar optic nerve infiltration No No
22 >4 years Yes Massive choroidal invasion; involvement of optic nerve transection Yes Yes

N/A not applicable

aOne patient died due to non-compliance to treatment for the contralateral eye, which progressed to develop extraocular tumour extension. There were no high-risk features in the enucleated eye