Video: New Intraarterial Chemotherapy Treatment Used to Treat Basketball Star's Daughter
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The story of Utah Jazz star Derek Fisher’s daughter and her groundbreaking retinoblastoma treatment, administered by Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s David Abramson and Pierre Gobin of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
Cancer that forms in the tissues of the retina (the light-sensitive layers of nerve tissue at the back of the eye). Retinoblastoma usually occurs in children younger than 5 years. It may be hereditary or nonhereditary (sporadic).
Source: The National Cancer Institute's Dictionary of Cancer Terms (http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary)