How to Use retinoblastoma in a Sentence

retinoblastoma

noun
  • She was born with retinoblastoma, a form of eye cancer, and is blind.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Olson lost his eye sight to retinoblastoma, a form of eye cancer.
    — Jason Gold Diehards, ajc, 19 Sep. 2017
  • At the age of 4 months, he was diagnosed with retinoblastoma in both eyes.
    — Lawrence D Rosenblum, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2014
  • The other has retinoblastoma, and the tumors have left him legally blind.
    — Christopher Tangney, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Dec. 2019
  • There, her daughter was diagnosed with retinoblastoma.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Research involves chemotherapy to treat retinoblastoma, a cancer that begins in the retina, the black part of the eyeball.
    — Joe Davidson | Columnist, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Shortly after his daughter Christy was born, she was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a cancer that took her eyesight at a young age.
    — Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2020
  • He was inspired by the experience of his oldest son Noah, who was diagnosed with retinoblastoma at 4 months old.
    — CBS News, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Doctors diagnosed him with retinoblastoma, a rare cancer of the retina that mostly affects infants and young children.
    — Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Because retinoblastoma can be hereditary in some cases, all kids diagnosed with the cancer must undergo two forms of genetic testing.
    — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Both children were diagnosed at the age of 2 with an advanced stage of a rare and aggressive eye cancer called retinoblastoma that usually occurs in kids younger than 5.
    — Daniel Chang, miamiherald, 21 May 2018
  • Two short days after first being diagnosed with retinoblastoma, Carly-Faith returned home from outpatient surgery with only one eye.
    — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2020
  • The hitmaker's late sister Jaime died of eye cancer (specifically retinoblastoma) in 1998.
    — Darlene Aderoju, PEOPLE.com, 14 Mar. 2021
  • He was tested for retinoblastoma due to his family history, and doctors immediately detected tumors smaller than a millimeter, per the outlet.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Before even reaching grade school, Mia has already battled retinoblastoma, the most common eye cancer among children, according to the American Cancer Society.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The team is now collaborating with clinicians at Lausanne University Hospital and Jules Gonin Eye Hospital to adapt MagFlow for retinoblastoma therapy.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Rowan Olson recently rang the bell at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) to mark the end of his treatment after being diagnosed with retinoblastoma — the same cancer his own father was diagnosed with and lost his vision to, according to Fox 11 Los Angeles.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026

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