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US
/ˌɹɛtɪˌnoʊˌbɫæsˈtoʊmə/
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NOUN
- malignant ocular tumor of retinal cells; usually occurs before the third year of life; composed of primitive small round retinal cells
How To Use retinoblastoma In A Sentence
- The most urgent diagnosis is retinoblastoma, a malignancy most likely arising from retinal germ cells.
- Trilateral retinoblastoma is a rare malignancy of childhood with high mortality. We reported such a case with delayed treatment.
- Village farmer brings grandson Paarsha to the town doctor only to learn that the child is a one-in-a-million victim of the rare retinoblastoma.
- The cells are no longer able to divide and multiply, which is why retinoblastoma occurs very rarely after the age of 5 years. Retinoblastoma - Diagnosing and Treating Retinoblastoma in Children
- The cause of primary brain tumors is unknown, although some tumors such as retinoblastoma tend to be hereditary. Brain Tumor - Diagnosis and Treatment
- Cyclin D1 encodes the regulatory subunit of a holoenzyme that phosphorylates and inactivates the retinoblastoma protein and promotes progression through the G1-S phase of the cell cycle.
- In 1986, he scored a spectacular success when he isolated the gene associated with retinoblastoma, a fierce form of eye cancer.
- The most urgent diagnosis is retinoblastoma, a malignancy most likely arising from retinal germ cells.
- The major controversy, however, is the actual magnitude of the risk of second tumors among survivors of retinoblastoma.
- In 1986, he scored a spectacular success when he isolated the gene associated with retinoblastoma, a fierce form of eye cancer.