鈥淩etinoblastoma survival disparity鈥? The expanding horizon in developing countries
- 作者：Masood Naseripour ; MD ; masoodnp@yahoo.com
- 关键词：Retinoblastoma ; Patients&rsquo ; survival ; Developing countries
- 刊名：Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology
- 出版年：2012
- 期刊代码：P114_13194534
- 类别：med
- 出版时间：April-June, 2012
- 卷：26
- 期：2
- 页码：157-161
- 文件大小：97 K
摘要
The patients鈥?survival for the most common intraocular tumor in children, retinoblastoma, has a wide spectrum among the world countries. This study was conducted to provide an overview of the retinoblastoma survival disparity worldwide by discussing the trends of patients鈥?survival, as well as recent advances in the management of retinoblastoma.
The design of this study was literature review and commentary. Selected articles from PubMed (except one) including both developing and developed countries regarding the patients鈥?survival in retinoblastoma were considered and reviewed critically. An analysis of 47 articles was performed. In conclusion, in spite of an obvious contrast of retinoblastoma survival disparity in the world, the expanding horizons in developing countries are promising and continuing on all fronts and results are hope-inspiring.