Travel burden and clinical presentation of retinoblastoma: analysis of 1024 patients from 43 African countries and 518 patients from 40 European countries.

Filiaciones

Fabian, Ido Didi:

International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

The Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Kivela, Tero T.:

Ocular Oncology Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Munier, Francis L.:

Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Fondation Asile de Aveugles, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Keren-Froim, Naama:

Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Gomel, Nir:

Division of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Cassoux, Nathalie:

Institut Curie, Université de Paris Medicine Paris V Descartes, Paris, France

Sagoo, Mandeep S.:

NIHR Biomedical Research Center for Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and London Retinoblastoma Service, Royal London Hospital, London, UK

Reddy MA:

The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, and Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Harby LA:

The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, and Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Abdallah, Elhassan:

Ophthalmology Department of Rabat, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

Abdullahi, Shehu U.:

Bayero University, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria

Boubacar, Sahadatou Adamou:

National Hospital of Niamey, Niamey, Niger

Ademola-Popoola, Dupe S.:

University of Ilorin and University of IlorinTeaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Adio, Adedayo:

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Aghaji, Ada E.:

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria

Portabella, Silvia Alarcon:

Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Alfa Bio, I, Amadou:

University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin

Ali, Amany M.:

Pediatric Oncology Department, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Alia, Donjeta B.:

University Hospital Center 'Mother Theresa', Tirana, Albania

All-Eriksson, Charlotta:

St Erik Eye Hospital, Stockholn, Sweden

Almeida, Argentino A.:

Beira Central Hospital, Beira, Mozambique

Alsawidi, Khalifa M.:

Tripoli Eye Hospital, Tripoli University, Tripoli, Libya

Antonino, Romanzo:

Bambino Gesù IRCCS Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy

Atsiaya, Rose:

Light House For Christ Eye Center, Mombasa, Kenya

Balaguer, Julia:

Pediatric Oncology Unit, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Balwierz, Walentyna:

Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Childrens University Hospital of Krakow, Krakow, Poland

Barranco, Honorio:

Pediatric Oncology Unit, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Popovic, Maja Beck:

Unit of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

Benmiloud, Sarra:

Department of Pediatric Oncology, University Hassan II Fès, Fez, Morocco

Guebessi, Nissrine Bennani:

Center Hospitalier et Universitaire Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco

Biddulph, Shelley J.:

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Biewald, Eva M.:

University Hospital Essen, Department of Ophthalmology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Blum, Sharon:

The Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Bobrova, Nadia:

The Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy, Odessa, Ukraine

Boehme, Marianna:

University Hospital Essen, Department of Ophthalmology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Bornfeld, Norbert:

University Hospital Essen, Department of Ophthalmology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Bouda, Gabrielle C.:

Center Hospitalier Universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Bouguila, Hedi:

Institut Hédi-Raïs d'Ophtalmologie de Tunis, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

Boumedane, Amaria:

Etablissement Hospitalière Spécialise Emir Abdelkader CEA Service d'Oncologie Pédiatrique, Oran, Algeria

Brichard, Benedicte G.:

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussel, Belgium

L MC:

Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Castela, Guilherme:

Centro Hospital Universitário de Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Catala-Mora, Jaume:

Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

Chantada, Guillermo L.:

Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

Chernodrinska, Violeta S.:

Eye Clinic, University Hospital 'Alexandrovska', Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

Chiwanga, Faraja S.:

Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Cieslik, Krzysztof:

Department of Ophthalmology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

Comsa, Codruta:

Oncology Institute 'Prof. Dr. Al. Trestioreanu' Bucharest, Romania

Correa Llano, Maria G.:

Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

Csoka, Monika:

Semmelweis University Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Da Gama, V, Isac:

Quelimane Central Hospital, Quelimane, Mozambique

Davidson, Alan:

Red Cross Children's War Memorial Hospital and the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Potter P:

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussel, Belgium

Desjardins, Laurence:

Institut Curie, Paris, France

Dragomir, Monica D.:

Oncology Institute 'Prof. Dr. Al. Trestioreanu' Bucharest, Romania

Bruyn, Magritha Du:

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Kettani AE:

Center Hospitalier et Universitaire Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco

Elbahi, Amal M.:

Tripoli Eye Hospital, Tripoli University, Tripoli, Libya

Elgalaly, Dina:

Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357, Cairo, Egypt

Elhaddad, Alaa M.:

Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357, Cairo, Egypt

Ali Elhassan, Moawia M.:

Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute, University of Gezira, Wadi Madani, Sudan

Elzembely, Mahmoud M.:

Pediatric Oncology Department, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Essuman, Vera A.:

Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

Evina TGA:

Magrabi ICO Cameroon Eye Institute, Yaounde, Cameroon

Fasina, Oluyemi:

Department of Ophthalmology, University College Hospital/University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Fernandez-Teijeiro, Ana:

Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain

Gandiwa, Moira:

Lions Sight First Eye Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

Aldana, David Garcia:

Servicio Andaluz de Salud (SAS), Sevilla, Spain

Geel, Jennifer A.:

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

Gizachew, Zelalem:

Addis Ababa University, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Gregersen, Pernille A.:

Department of Clinical Genetics, and Center for Rare Disorders, Aarhus University Hopspital, Aarhus, Denmark

Guedenon, Koffi M.:

Département de Pédiatrie, CHU Sylvanus Olympio, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo

Hadjistilianou, Theodora:

Retinoblastoma Referral Center, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Hassan, Sadiq:

Bayero University, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria

Hessissen, Laila:

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Department of Rabat - Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco

Hordofa, Diriba F.:

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma, Ethiopia

Hummlen, Marlies:

Department of Ophthalmology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Ida, Russo:

Bambino Gesù IRCCS Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy

Ilic, Vesna R.:

Institute for Oncology and Radiology, Belgrade, Serbia

Jenkinson, Helen:

Birmingham Children's Hospital Eye Department, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

Kabore, Rolande L.:

Center Hospitalier Universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Kalinaki, Abubakar:

Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Department of Ophthalmology, Kamplala, Uganda

Kapelushnik, Noa:

The Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Kardava, Tamar:

Ophthalmology Department, Central Children's Hospital of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia

Kemilev, Pavlin Kroumov:

Eye Clinic, University Hospital 'Alexandrovska', Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

Kepak, Tomas:

University Hospital Brno, Masaryk University and ICRC/St. Anna University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic

Khotenashvili, Zaza:

Ophthalmology Department, Central Children's Hospital of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia

Klett, Artur:

East Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia

Kosh Komba Palet, Jess Elio:

Oncologue Pédiatre Responsable d'Unité de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic

Krivaitiene, Dalia:

Chidren's Ophthalmology Department, Chidren's Hospital of Vilnius, University Hospital Santaros Clinic, Vilnius, Lithuania

Kruger, Mariana:

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Kyara, Alice:

Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Lachmann, Eva S.:

University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Latinovic, Slobodanka:

Clinical Center Of Vojvodina - University Eye Clinic, Eye Research Foundation Vidar - Latinovic, Novi Sad, Serbia

Lecuona, Karin:

Division of Ophthalmology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Lumbroso, Livia:

Institut Curie, Paris, France

Lysytsia, Lesia:

The Okhmatdyt National Children's Hospital, Kiev, Ukraine

Maka, Erika:

Semmelweis University Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Makan, Mayuri:

Sekuru Kaguvi Eye Unit, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Harare, Zimbabwe

Manda, Chatonda:

Lions Sight First Eye Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

Begue, Nieves Martin:

Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Matende, Ibrahim O.:

Light House For Christ Eye Center, Mombasa, Kenya

Matua, Marchelo:

Ruharo Eye Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda

Mayet, Ismail:

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Mbumba, Freddy B.:

Botswana Government - Scottish Livingstone Hospital, Molepolole, Botswana

Mengesha, Aemero A.:

Department of Ophthalmology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Midena, Edoardo:

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Mndeme, Furahini G.:

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Moshi, Tanzania

Mohamedani, Ahmed A.:

Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, Wadi Madani, Sudan

Moll, Annette C.:

Department of Ophthalmology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Moreira, Claude:

Service d'Oncologie Pédiatrique de l'Hôpital Aristide le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal

Msina, Mchikirwa S.:

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Moshi, Tanzania

Msukwa, Gerald:

Lions Sight First Eye Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

Muma, I, Kangwa:

Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia

Murgoi, Gabriela:

Oncology Institute 'Prof. Dr. Al. Trestioreanu' Bucharest, Romania

Musa, Kareem O.:

Department of Ophthalmology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital/College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Mustak, Hamzah:

Division of Ophthalmology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Muyen, Okwen M.:

Abii Specialists Hospital, Bamenda, Cameroon

Naidu, Gita:

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Naumenko, Larisa:

N.N. Alexandrov National Cancer Center of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

Ndoye Roth, Paule Aida:

Cheikh Anta DIOP University of Dakar, Le Dantec Hospital, Dakar, Senegal

Neroev, Vladimir:

Moscow Helmholtz Research Institute of Eye Diseases, Moscow, Russia

Nikitovic, Marina:

Institute for Oncology and Radiology, Belgrade, Serbia

Nkanga, Elizabeth D.:

Calabar Children's Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology University of Calabar Teaching Hospital Calabar Cross River State, Nigeria

Nkumbe, Henry:

Magrabi ICO Cameroon Eye Institute, Yaounde, Cameroon

Nyaywa, Mutale:

Arthur Davison Children's Hospital, Ndola, Zambia

Obono-Obiang, Ghislaine:

CHU Angondje Cancerologie, Libreville, Gabon

Oguego, Ngozi C.:

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria

Olechowski, Andrzej:

Department of Ophthalmology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

Oscar, Alexander Hugo:

Eye Clinic, University Hospital 'Alexandrovska', Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

Osei-Bonsu, Peter:

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Painter, Sally L.:

Birmingham Children's Hospital Eye Department, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

Paintsil, Vivian:

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Paiva, Luisa:

National Ophthalmological Institute of Angola, Luanda, Angola

Papyan, Ruzanna:

Yerevan State Medical University, Department of Oncology and Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Armenia, Hematology Center after R.H. Yeolyan, Yerevan, Armenia

Parrozzani, Raffaele:

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Parulekar, Manoj:

Birmingham Children's Hospital Eye Department, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

Pawinska-Wasikowska, Katarzyna:

Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Childrens University Hospital of Krakow, Krakow, Poland

Peric, Sanja:

University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Philbert, Remezo:

Center Hospitaliere Universitaire de Kamenge, Bujumbura, Burundi

Pochop, Pavel:

Department of Ophthalmology for Children and Adults, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

Polyakov, Vladimir G.:

Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, Russia

Pompe, Manca T.:

Univ. Medical Center Ljubljana, Univ.Eye Hospital Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Pons, Jonathan J.:

Good Shepherd Hospital, Siteki, Swaziland

Raobela, Lea:

Center Hospitalier Universitaire Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Renner, Lorna A.:

University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

Reynders, David:

University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Ribadu, Dahiru:

Federal Medical Center, Yola, Nigeria

Riheia, Mussagy M.:

Nampula Central Hospital, Nampula, Mozambique

Ritter-Sovinz, Petra:

Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Saakyan, Svetlana:

Moscow Helmholtz Research Institute of Eye Diseases, Moscow, Russia

Said, Azza M. A.:

Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Roman Pacheco, Sonsoles San:

Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, Hospital Universitario Infantil La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Scanlan, Trish A.:

Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Schoeman, Judy:

University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Seregard, Stefan:

St Erik Eye Hospital, Stockholn, Sweden

Sherief, Sadik T.:

Addis Ababa University, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Cheikh, Sidi Sidi:

Ophthalmology Department, Nouakchott Medical University, Nouakchott, Mauritania

Silva, Sonia:

Centro Hospital Universitário de Coimbra, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Sorochynska, Tetyana:

The Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy, Odessa, Ukraine

Ssali, Grace:

Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital, Kamplala, Uganda

Stathopoulos, Christina:

Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Fondation Asile de Aveugles, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Kranjc, Branka Stirn:

Univ. Medical Center Ljubljana, Univ.Eye Hospital Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Stones, David K.:

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Free Sate, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Svojgr, Karel:

Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

Sylla, Fatoumata:

Africa Institute of Tropical Ophtalmology, Bamako, Mali

Tamamyan, Gevorg:

Yerevan State Medical University, Department of Oncology and Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Armenia, Hematology Center after R.H. Yeolyan, Yerevan, Armenia

Tandili, Alketa:

University Hospital Center 'Mother Theresa', Tirana, Albania

Tateshi, Bekim:

University Eye Clinic, Skopje, Macedonia

Theophile, Tuyisabe:

Kabgayi Eye Unit, Gitarama, Rwanda

Traore, Fousseyni:

Pediatric Oncology Service, Gabriel Toure Hospital, Bamako, Mali

Tyau-Tyau, Harba:

Université Adam Barka, Adam Barka, Chad

Umar, Ali B.:

Bayero University, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria

Urbak, Steen F.:

Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Ushakova, Tatiana L.:

Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, Russia

Valeina, Sandra:

Children's Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia

Hoefen Wijsard MV:

Department of Ophthalmology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Veleva-Krasteva, Nevyana V.:

Eye Clinic, University Hospital 'Alexandrovska', Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

Viksnins, Maris:

Children's Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia

Wackernagel, Werner:

Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

Waddell, Keith:

Ruharo Eye Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda

Wade, Patricia D.:

Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria

Wali Nigeria, Amina H.:

National Eye Center Kaduna, Kaduna, Nigeria

Wime, Amelia D. C.:

National Ophthalmological Institute of Angola, Luanda, Angola

Dod, Charlotte Wolley:

Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Yarovaya, Vera A.:

S.Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, Moscow, Russia

Yarovoy, Andrey A.:

S.Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, Moscow, Russia

Zein, Ekhtelbenina:

Assistante Hospitalo - Universitaire, Faculte de Medecine de Nouakchott Medecin Oncopediatre, Center National d'Oncologie, Nouakchott, Mauritania

Sharabi, Shirley:

Radiology Department, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel

Zhilyaeva, Katsiaryna:

N.N. Alexandrov National Cancer Center of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

Ziko, Othman A. O.:

Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Bowman, Richard:

Ophthalmology Department, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London, UK