In this prospective study of 692 patients from 11 retinoblastoma (RB) centres, Kaliki et al. studied the effect of lag time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis of RB in these countries based on their national income and analyzed its…
This is a cross-sectional analysis including 4351 treatment-naive retinoblastoma patients from 153 countries. The goal of the study was to investigate whether sex predilection exists for this childhood eye cancer. For the entire sample, the mean retinoblastoma sex ratio,…
This is a prospective study documenting a series of children with RB treated at Ruharo Eye Centre between December 2009 and November 2019. Survival by stage of RB, number of eyes affected, and visual acuity were assessed. The study found…
As part of the University of St Andrews Arclight Project Social Enterprise, a number of instructional videos were developed including how to perform and interpret the fundal (aka ‘red’) reflex test – https://youtu.be/wCdbRxsWa6U. This test can help identify childhood eye…
The Yousef et al. study has reviewed the outcomes of 478 retinoblastoma patients who were treated at King Hussein Cancer Centre after implementing a telemedicine-based eye salvage program with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and compared that with outcomes for…
Mori et al. have administered a cross-sectional online survey to physician leaders of 59 skin cancer tumor board conferences (TBCs) at NCI-designated Comprehensive and Clinical Cancer Centers. A total of 38 physicians (72%) completed the survey. Half of the meeting…
A case series of three patients by Francis et al. has investigated the response and toxicity of intravitreal melphalan treatment for non-vitreous retinoblastoma that was refractory to multiple-course ophthalmic artery chemosurgery (OAC). Patients Three eyes received a median of 7…
The aim of this situational analysis was to assess the feasibility of implementing a pediatric ophthalmology fellowship at Addis Ababa University with support from the University of Toronto, modeled by successful postgraduate medical education within Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration….
The Chaudhry et al. study has assessed the role of consolidating adjuvant therapy and the phenotype-genotype correlation in patients with retinoblastomas having ophthalmoscopically visible cavities between 2004 and 2014 in whom 4 to 6 cycles of systemic chemotherapy were given….