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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

‘Childhood eye cancers can be treated if detected early’

The chirpy three-year-old walked confidently taking bold steps in the auditorium of Sankara Nethralaya. His mother hovered around him, occasionally urging him to be careful and mind the steps and once in a while helping him when he struggled to climb.

Lakshman (name changed) lost his vision to retinoblastoma, a childhood eye cancer that affects one in 18,000 children in India.

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