A retrospective analysis of the records of 1531 @entity995 @entity1 (809 male, 720 female, sex of two not known) was carried out to ascertain life table survivals. Of @entity1 seen between 1914 and 1983 survival from metastatic @entity995 was the same for unilateral and bilateral @entity1 . @entity995 occurred within four years from diagnosis of the unilaterally affected @entity1 and within nine years from diagnosis of the bilaterally affected @entity1 . Survival thereafter remained at 76%. Because of the development of second @entity5 in survivors of @entity995 there was a dramatic difference between survival of the @entity1 with unilateral and bilateral disease. Within five years after diagnosis of @entity995 more @entity1 die from their second @entity5 than @entity995 itself. By 25 years after diagnosis more than 50% of the bilaterally affected @entity1 are dead and by 35 years 59% are dead. There was no difference between survival of @entity1 and @entity1 . Although bilateral @entity1 were seen at significantly lower ages at diagnosis, they did not have a lower mortality rate from metastatic @entity995 . Despite the fact that bilaterally affected @entity1 with a family history were diagnosed at a younger age than those without a family history (11 vs. 15 mos.) mortality from metastatic @entity995 was the same. Similarly, even though unilateral @entity1 with a family history were diagnosed younger than those without a family history (5 vs. 25 mos.) mortality from metastatic @entity995 was the same. There has been little change in the age at detection for @entity995 in the pre- versus post-1958 series and no change in survival rate for bilateral or unilateral @entity1 .(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

XXXX : survival, age at detection and comparison 1914-1958, 1958-1983.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients', 'patient', 'girls', 'boys'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'non-ocular tumors'] @entity995 :: ('MESH:D012175', 'Disease') :: ['bilateral retinoblastoma', 'retinoblastoma', 'Metastatic retinoblastoma']
@entity995 :: (MESH:D012175,Disease) :: ['Retinoblastoma']
