If retinoblastoma spreads
Cancer cells can spread from the eye to other parts of the body. This spread is called metastasis.
Understanding how a type of cancer usually grows and spreads helps your childʼs healthcare team plan the treatment and future care. If retinoblastoma spreads, it can spread to the following:
- choroid (the thin blood vessel layer of tissue between the sclera and retina)
- sclera (the white part of the eye)
- fluid in the eye (called the vitreous humour)
- conjunctiva (the clear membrane that covers the inner surface of the eyelid and the outer surface of the sclera)
- optic nerve
- eye socket (orbit)
- eyelid
- hollow chambers around the nose (called the paranasal sinuses)
- lymph nodes in the head and neck
- brain
- bone
- bone marrow
- liver
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