Tag Archive for: newborn screening

A young girl with blond hair and wearing a Minnie mouse dress is standing on a small round trampoline, holding on to the arched handle. She has a white pupil glow in one eye, and her other eye is turned outwards.

If You Tell Them, They Will Know: raising awareness of retinoblastoma signs can save lives, eyes and sight.

Strabismus (turned eye) and leukocoria (white pupil) are the most common early signs of retinoblastoma.  Sandra Staffieri, Rb Care Co-ordinator at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, explores why parent and healthcare provider awareness of these signs is vital to early diagnosis of childhood eye cancer.