Downloads: 135 | Views: 223 | Weekly Hits: ⮙1 | Monthly Hits: ⮙1
Case Studies | Medicine Science | Albania | Volume 5 Issue 1, January 2016
Parents, The First to Notice Retinoblastoma in Their Children
Eralda LECI [2] | Altin JUSUFATI [3]
Abstract: Retinoblastoma (RB) is a rare disease, but is the most common eye tumor in children, and the third most common tumor affecting children in the first 5 years of life. Tumor develops because of a mutation in the RB1 gene, on the 13 chromosome. This gene controls the cell growth and development. The protein produced by the RB1 gene acts as a tumor suppressor.
Keywords: Retinoblastoma, eye tumor
Edition: Volume 5 Issue 1, January 2016,
Pages: 690 - 691