Victims of retinoblastoma are infants and toddlers under the age of five years old. Many victim"s symptoms indicate they have this cancer. Many symptoms are: that the pupil is observed to be wite, or, if the eye turns outward toward the ear. Children that have retinoblastoma may also have a red, painful eye, poor vision, inflammation of tissue surrounding the eye, an enlarged or dialated pupil, different colored irises. The number one cause of retinoblastoma is from heredity, but many researchers still have questions on how else the cancer comes to play without the heredity side. If a patient"s parent...
after this treatment is established, the patient must have eye drops or ointment to reduce the swelling for weeks after.

A majority of childeren in the United States over 95% survive the cancer adn have perfectly normal lives. Children with unilateral retinoblastoma have one normal eye whose sight is not affected even though they may have had one eye removed. Most children with bilateral retinoblastoma retain at least one eye with good vision and many are able to reatain the use of both eyes.

Retinoblastoma is a life-threatening disease, but it is rarely a fatal one if treated appropriately.