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Killer virus unleashed on a childhood eye cancer

Scientists investigate an alternative to eye removal and chemotherapy.
MRI scan of a patient's head showing a retinoblastoma tumour

A tumour called a retinablastoma appears as a light-coloured bulge at the back of the right eye in this magnetic resonance imaging scan. Credit: Zephyr/SPL

A cancer-fighting virus has shown some promise against a devastating childhood tumour of the eye.

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Nature 565, 538-539 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00273-z

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