title: Incidence of second neoplasms in patients with bilateral retinoblastoma.
abstract: The cumulative incidence of second neoplasms in 215 patients with bilateral retinoblastoma was calculated using the life-table method. Second tumors developed in 4.4% of the patients during the first 10 years of follow-up, in 18.3% after 20 years, and in 26.1% after 30 years. The 30-year cumulative incidence was 35.1% for the 137 patients who received radiation therapy compared with an incidence rate of 5.8% for the 78 patients who did not receive radiation. In the 137 patients who received radiation, second tumors developed both inside and outside the field of therapy. There was a 30-year incidence rate of second tumors of 29.3% within the field of irradiation and 8.1% outside the field. The rate outside the field of irradiation (8.1%) was similar to that observed in nonirradiated patients (5.8%). Our findings indicate that carriers of the retinoblastoma gene have an increased incidence of second tumors, and that the incidence rate is further increased in patients who receive radiation therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Roarty
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy