Revamping front-line multi-drug chemotherapy for retinoblastoma to include topotecan helped to maintain high cure rates for the eye cancer while preserving patients’ vision and reducing their risk of treatment-related leukemia. Results of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital study appear online today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
For a year before an osteosarcoma was found in her right proximal tibia, Sammy Ulloa, pushing through pain, persisted with her training as a Division I track and field and cross-country competitor.
