Retinoblastoma: experience of a referral center in the North Region of Portugal

Retinoblastoma: experience of a referral center in the North Region of Portugal

To describe the experience of the Ophthalmology Department of Hospital São João (HSJ), a tertiary health care center in North Region, Portugal, in terms of the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of retinoblastoma. This was a retrospective study of patients diagnosed with retinoblastoma in Hospital...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) N.Z.), 2014-01, Vol.8 (default), p.993-997
Hauptverfasser: da Rocha-Bastos, Ra, Araújo, Jr, Silva, Rs, Gil-da-Costa, Mj, Brandão, E, Farinha, Nj, Falcão-Reis, F, Dinah-Bragança, T
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Sprache:eng
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Cancer
Cancer therapies
Care and treatment
Chemotherapy
Cooperation
Cryotherapy
Demographics
Diagnosis
Eyes
Health aspects
Health care
Hematology
Hospitals
Light therapy
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Original Research
Patients
Pediatrics
Radiation therapy
Retina
Retinoblastoma
Salvage
Tumors
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Zusammenfassung:To describe the experience of the Ophthalmology Department of Hospital São João (HSJ), a tertiary health care center in North Region, Portugal, in terms of the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of retinoblastoma. This was a retrospective study of patients diagnosed with retinoblastoma in Hospital São João, between 1978 and 2012. Fifty patients with retinoblastoma were evaluated in our institution between 1978 and 2012. Four patients were excluded due to loss of follow-up. Among the 46 retinoblastoma cases, 33 (71.7%) were unilateral and 13 (28.3%) bilateral, with a mean age at diagnosis of 22.19 months and 6.92 months, respectively (P
ISSN:1177-5467
1177-5483
1177-5483
DOI:10.2147/OPTH.S59601