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Kolyvas P, Mir A, Stirrat T, Brookner B, Pilar N, Monroe E, Ahuja R. Advanced Interventional Treatments in Retinoblastoma Management: A Comprehensive Review. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2024; 47:407-415. [PMID: 38509339 DOI: 10.1007/s00270-024-03692-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
Abstract
Retinoblastoma is the most common eye malignancy in children that if left untreated can invade intraocular structures, metastasize, and rarely lead to death. Traditionally treated with systemic chemotherapy, Intra-arterial chemotherapy is gaining popularity as it allows for the direct administration of chemotherapy through the ophthalmic artery, thus reducing systemic side effects. Intra-arterial chemotherapy procedures have evolved, with refinements to reduce risks and radiation exposure. Intra-arterial chemotherapy boasts an impressive technical success rate and one year ocular survival even amongst advanced cases. This review offers a thorough examination of the technique, indications, contraindications, outcomes, and alternative options for Intra-arterial chemotherapy.
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- Peter Kolyvas
- Department of Radiology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
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- McGovern Medical School, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, USA
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Kritfuangfoo T, Rojanaporn D. Update on chemotherapy modalities for retinoblastoma: Progress and challenges. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila) 2024; 13:100061. [PMID: 38641204 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjo.2024.100061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024] Open
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Retinoblastoma stands as a paradigm of success in treating malignancies among pediatric patients. Over recent decades, the approach to managing retinoblastoma has evolved significantly, transitioning from the preservation of patients' lives to the preservation of eyes and vision while minimizing treatment-related complications. Chemotherapy, administered through diverse routes, has solidified its role as the cornerstone of retinoblastoma treatment. In addition to intravenous chemotherapy (IVC), alternative administration routes, including intraarterial (IAC), intravitreal, intracameral, and periocular delivery, have emerged as promising modalities for retinoblastoma management. Numerous studies have demonstrated outstanding outcomes, achieving nearly 100% salvage rates for eyes classified under groups A-C. However, for advanced intraocular retinoblastoma (groups D and E eyes), IAC appears to offer superior local control rates compared to IVC. Intravitreal injection of chemotherapeutic agents, when administered in a controlled and secure manner, holds promise in averting the need for enucleation and radiotherapy in advanced retinoblastoma cases presenting with vitreous seeds. The optimal chemotherapy strategy remains meticulously tailored based on numerous factors. This review provides a comprehensive update on chemotherapy across various routes, encompassing key considerations, dosages, administration methods, treatment outcomes, and potential complications. Furthermore, it explores emerging potential treatments and outlines future directions aimed at enhancing treatment outcomes.
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- Thanaporn Kritfuangfoo
- Department of Ophthalmology, Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok 10300, Thailand; Department of Ophthalmology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
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Retinoblastoma in children and uveal melanoma in adults can pose a serious threat to both vision and life. For many decades, enucleation was often the only option to treat these intraocular malignancies. For retinoblastoma, intra-arterial chemotherapy is often utilized as the primary treatment at advanced academic centers and has dramatically improved local tumor control and eye salvage rates. For uveal melanoma, both plaque brachytherapy and proton beam irradiation have served as widely utilized therapies with a local failure rate of approximately 1–10%, depending on the series. Major recent advancements have allowed for a better understanding of the genomics of uveal melanoma and the impact of certain mutations on metastatic susceptibility. Gene expression profile stratifies uveal melanomas into two classes: low-risk (class 1) and high-risk (class 2). A loss-of-function mutation of BAP1 is associated with a class 2 gene expression profile and therefore confers worse prognosis due to elevated risk of metastasis. On the other hand, gain-of-function mutations of EIF1AX and SF3B1 correspond to a gene expression profile of class 1A and class 1B and confer a better prognosis. Preferentially expressed antigen in melanoma (PRAME) is an antigen that increases metastatic susceptibility when expressed in uveal melanoma cells. In addition to plaque brachytherapy and proton beam irradiation, both of which have demonstrated superb clinical outcomes, scientists are actively investigating newer therapeutic modalities as either primary therapy or adjuvant treatment, including a novel nanoparticle therapy and immunotherapy.
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- Amy C Schefler
- Retina Consultants of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA
- Blanton Eye Institute, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Retina Consultants of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA
- McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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Soliman S, Feng ZX, Gallie B. Primary laser therapy as monotherapy for discrete retinoblastoma. Br J Ophthalmol 2021; 106:878-883. [PMID: 33536230 DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-317885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 12/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIM Laser photocoagulation is less invasive than chemotherapy (systemic, intra-arterial or periocular) and brachytherapy. We studied the safety and efficacy of laser as primary monotherapy for discrete retinoblastoma with well-defined borders and attached retina. METHODS A single-institution retrospective non-comparative review (2004-2018) of discrete retinoblastoma tumours managed with primary laser (532 or 810 nm wavelength, 0.5-1 s duration and power titrated until desired tumour whitening). Efficacy was evaluated by tumour long-term stability avoiding non-laser therapies. Safety was evaluated by frequency of laser-related complications and uncontrollable tumour progression. RESULTS Eligible were 112 tumours in 55 eyes of 44 patients. Laser monotherapy (median 2 sessions) achieved initial remission in 95/112 (85%) tumour. Initial encircling only laser photocoagulation was associated with tumour progression (9/11, one tumour had vitreous seeding) compared with direct or combined photocoagulation techniques (0/94 and 0/7 tumours, respectively, p<0.001). Direct laser had no vitreous seeding, haemorrhage or injury to vital structures. Tumour recurrences developed in 52/112 (46%) tumour but repeat laser achieved long-term stability, except five tumour recurrences that required invasive therapy. Receiver operating characteristic analysis identified threshold largest basal diameter of 3 disc diameters (DD) for successful laser monotherapy, where 92/106 (87%) of tumours ≤3 DD and 0/6>3 DD achieved long-term stability with laser monotherapy (p<0.001). Overall, 35/55 (64%) eyes and 24/44 (55%) patients achieved long-term stability with laser monotherapy. No eye was enucleated for uncontrollable tumour progression. CONCLUSIONS Discrete retinoblastoma ≤3 DD can be effectively and safely managed with laser monotherapy, sparing a significant proportion of patients/eyes from more invasive therapies.
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- Sameh Soliman
- Ophthalmology, Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt .,Ophthalmology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ophthalmology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ophthalmology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Ophthalmology, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sweid A, El Naamani K, Sajja KC, Hammoud B, Knapp MD, Moylan DD, Joffe D, Morse CE, Habbal D, Weinberg JH, Tjoumakaris SI, Shields CL, Lezama DA, Lim LAS, Dalvin LA, Rosenwasser R, Jabbour P. Incidence and predictors of ophthalmic artery occlusion in intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma. J Neurointerv Surg 2020; 13:652-656. [PMID: 33122349 DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Retinoblastoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in children. OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of ophthalmic artery (OA) occlusion in patients treated with selective ophthalmic artery catheterization (OAC) for chemotherapy infusion for retinoblastoma. Also, to evaluate technical, anatomical, tumorous, and patient-related factors that are predictors of OA occlusion. METHODS A retrospective chart review was performed for patients diagnosed with intraocular retinoblastoma and managed with intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC). RESULTS The total study cohort included 208 retinoblastoma tumors of 208 eyes in 197 consecutive patients who underwent 688 attempted IAC infusions overall with a total of 624 successful OAC infusions. The total incidence of ophthalmic artery thrombosis was 11.1% (23/208). The numbers of successful OAC procedures before diagnosing OA occlusion were one OAC in six cases (27.3%), two in seven cases (31.8%), three in four cases (18.2%), four in one case (4.5%), five in two cases (9.1%), and six in one case (4.5%). CONCLUSIONS Local factors relating to the chemotherapy and selective microcatheterization of the OA are essential factors in the development of OA thrombosis, as seen by the association of OA thrombosis with the frequency of IAC.
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- Ahmad Sweid
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University - Center City Campus, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Endocrinology, CHOP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University - Center City Campus, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University - Center City Campus, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.,Instituto de Oftalmologia y Ciencias Visuales, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University - Center City Campus, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University - Center City Campus, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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