PURPOSE: To study the clinical spectrum and treatment outcome of retinoblastoma in Indian children. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This retrospective study analyzed 488 eyes of 355 retinoblastoma patients treated at a tertiary care ophthalmic hospital in southern India during a 14-year period. RESULTS: Retinoblastoma involved one eye in 177 (50%) and both eyes in 178 (50%) patients. Mean age at presentation was 23.98 +/- 23.37.
PURPOSE: To study the clinical spectrum and treatment outcome of retinoblastoma in Indian children. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This retrospective study analyzed 488 eyes of 355 retinoblastomapatients treated at a tertiary care ophthalmic hospital in southern India during a 14-year period. RESULTS:Retinoblastoma involved one eye in 177 (50%) and both eyes in 178 (50%) patients. Mean age at presentation was 23.98 +/- 23.37.
Authors: Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo; Mathew W Wilson; Guillermo Chantada; Ligia Fu; Ibrahim Qaddoumi; Célia Antoneli; Carlos Leal-Leal; Tarun Sharma; Margarita Barnoya; Sidnei Epelman; Louis Pizzarello; Javier R Kane; Ray Barfield; Thomas E Merchant; Leslie L Robison; A Linn Murphree; Patricia Chevez-Barrios; Michael A Dyer; Joan O'Brien; Raul C Ribeiro; John Hungerford; Eugene M Helveston; Barrett G Haik; Judith Wilimas Journal: Pediatrics Date: 2008-09 Impact factor: 7.124