At What Age Could Screening for Familial Retinoblastoma Be Discontinued?: A Systematic Review

Milo van Hoefen Wijsard; Saskia H Serné; René H Otten; Machteld I Bosscha; Charlotte J Dommering; Armida W Fabius; Annette C Moll

doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13081942

At What Age Could Screening for Familial Retinoblastoma Be Discontinued? A Systematic Review

Milo van Hoefen Wijsard, Saskia H Serné, René H Otten, Machteld I Bosscha, Charlotte J Dommering, Armida W Fabius, Annette C Moll

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The aim of this systematic review is to assess the latest age at diagnosis for detection of familial retinoblastoma in order to evaluate at what age screening of at-risk children could be discontinued. Extended screening beyond this age would result in unnecessary patient burden and costs. However, discontinuing screening prematurely would have the adverse effect of missing tumors. We performed a literature search (PubMed, Embase, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library) up until February of 2021 and systematically included studies where patients had a family history of retinoblastoma, a known age at diagnosis, and who were ophthalmologically screened for retinoblastoma from birth. A total of 176 familial retinoblastoma patients from 17 studies were included in this review. Based on 48 months of age being the latest age of diagnosis, ophthalmological screening for familial retinoblastoma could safely be discontinued at age four years.

Original language	English
Article number	1942
Journal	Cancers
Volume	13
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13081942
Publication status	Published - 2 Apr 2021

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Age at diagnosis
Familial retinoblastoma
Screening

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