Table 2 Clinical and pathological characteristics of an additional series of 112 primary tumors presenting HRPFs.

From: A high-risk retinoblastoma subtype with stemness features, dedifferentiated cone states and neuronal/ganglion cell gene expression

Characteristics

Metastatic (n = 19)

Non-metastatic (n = 93)

p-value

Laterality n (%)

   

 Unilateral

14 (73.7%)

70 (75.3%)

0.8844a

 Bilateral

5 (26.3%)

23 (24.7%)

Age at diagnosis (months)

   

 Median (range)

31 (10–88)

31 (1–168)

0.9166b

Initial treatment n (%)

   

 Enucleation

15 (78.9%)

91 (97.8%)

0.007394c

 Pre-enucleation chemotherapy

4 (21.1%)

2 (2.2%)

IRSS Stage I HRPF

   

 Isolated massive choroidal invasion (+ scleral invasion)

4 (1) (21%)

7 (6) (7.5%)

0.0312c

 Post-laminar optic nerve invasion (+ massive choroidal and/or scleral invasion)

9 (3) (47.4%)

83 (49) (89.3%)

 

IRSS Stage II

   

 Tumor at the resection margin of the optic nerve

5 (26.3%)

3 (3.2%)

0.003428c

IRSS not classified

   

 Complete necrosis

1 (5.3%)

0

 

Site of metastatic relapse

   

 Isolated orbit

3 (15.8%)

  

 CNS

6 (31.6%)

  

 Systemic

1 (5.3%)

N/A

 

 Orbit and lymph node

1 (5.3%)

  

 Orbit and systemic relapse

3 (15.8%)

  

 Orbit and CNS

5 (26.3)

  
  1. aChi2 test.
  2. bTwo-sided Wilcoxon rank-sum test.
  3. cTwo-sided Fisher’s exact test.