Open AccessImpact of Laterality on Cumulative Survival in Patients Diagnosed with Retinoblastoma: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of 1925 Cases in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program
Author(s) -
Zain Hussain
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s298209
Subject(s) - medicine , retinoblastoma , epidemiology , retrospective cohort study , laterality , proportional hazards model , hazard ratio , confounding , cohort , surveillance, epidemiology, and end results , population , survival analysis , surgery , cancer registry , confidence interval , biochemistry , chemistry , environmental health , audiology , gene
Retinoblastoma is an intraocular cancer with potentially severe clinical consequences if left untreated. Diagnostic and clinical management guidelines are strictly dependent on nature of laterality. This analysis aims to characterize the influence of laterality on survival in patients diagnosed with retinoblastoma.