Preferred Label : Reese-Ellsworth Staging System;
NCIt synonyms : Reese-Ellsworth Classification; Reese-Ellsworth Classification for Intraocular Tumors; R-E System; Reese-Ellsworth System;
NCIt definition : A staging system for intraocular retinoblastoma that was developed in the 1960s, when
children were treated with external beam radiation therapy. This system can help determine
the likelihood of preserving the vision while the tumor is being treated. It is divided
into 5 stages, and each stage predicts the potential to save the eye with external
beam radiation therapy. Today, radiation therapy is reserved as a last resort to save
a second eye, when all other treatments have failed. As a result, the Reese-Ellsworth
classification is now rarely used.;
Origin ID : C123333;
UMLS CUI : C4054091;
Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
