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:arrow: vit.D analogs http://www.szp.swets.nl/szp/journals/og233137.htm
:arrow: Radiation therapy (of intraocular tumor is associated with cataract formation but most children has satisfactory vision after extraction and the use of corrective lenses.
:arrow: Enucleation, if the tumor is massive or if there is little expectation for useful vision.
:arrow: Cryotherapy, used in addition to radiation or in place of photocoagulation for lesions smaller than 4 disc diameters in size in the anterior portion of the retina.
:arrow: Light coagulation (photocoagulation)
:arrow: Brachytherapy with radioactive plaques
:arrow: Under investigation is the use of systemic chemotherapy to reduce tumor volume (chemoreduction)
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