Diagnostic delay and sociodemographic predictors of stage at diagnosis and mortality in unilateral and bilateral retinoblastoma

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 784-792

  Ramírez Ortiz, Marco A ^a   Ponce Castañeda, M Veronica ^b   Cabrera Muñoz, M Lourdes ^a   Medina Sansón, Aurora ^a   Liu, Xinhua ^c   Orjuela, Manuela A ^c,d  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^c Department of Oncology Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez ^*  (United States)

^d Hospital de Pediatria Centro Medico Siglo XXI Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILATERAL RETINOBLASTOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOKORIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; STRABISMUS; UNILATERAL RETINOBLASTOMA; ADULT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; INFANT; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84899736464     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-1069     Document Type: Article

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