Three-Year-Old Patient Keeps Sight, Survives Rare Eye Cancer

By Benjamin Waldrum

All Quatisa East wanted was for her infant daughter, Dallas Carter, to be able to see. A rare diagnosis of retinoblastoma, or cancer of the eye, threatened that possibility.

“I didn’t give up on her — everything I’ve done is just being a mother,” said the 29-year-old.

It’s been a long road for Dallas and her family, but today, the carefree 3-year-old can see in both eyes and her cancer is in remission. Getting there took a team effort from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) experts at the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute and the retinoblastoma program at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH).

https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/20/three-year-old-patient-keeps-sight-survives-rare-eye-cancer/

Three-year-old Dallas Carter was born with retinoblastoma, or cancer of the eye. After multiple surgeries and chemotherapy, she can see in both eyes and her cancer is in remission. Image by Quatisa East