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Retinoblastoma

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Risk Factors

The only known risk factor for retinoblastoma is a genetic one. About 40 percent of retinoblastoma cases result from a gene abnormality inherited from a child's parents. The nonhereditary cases have no known cause, so nothing can be done to prevent them.


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