Risk factors associated with abandonment of care in retinoblastoma: analysis of 692 patients from 10 countries.
Thamanna NishathXiudi LiArthika ChandramohanMegan OthusXunda JiYihua ZouSadia SultanaRiffat RashidSadik Taju SheriefNathalie CassouxJuan Luis Garcia LeonRosdali Díaz CoronadoArturo Manuel Zapata LópezTatiana L UshakovaVladimir G PolyakovSoma Rani RoyAlia AhmadAshwin ReddyMandeep S SagooLamis Al HarbyJonathan W KimJesse L BerryAshley PolskiNicholas J AstburyCova BascaranSharon BlumRichard J C BowmanMatthew J BurtonAllen FosterNir GomelNaama Keren-FroimShiran MadgarMarcia ZondervanSrikanta Kumar PadhyIdo Didi FabianAndrew W StaceyPublished in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2022)
Country, advanced disease and female sex were all associated with higher rates of abandonment. In this analysis, enucleation as the primary treatment was not associated with abandonment. Further research investigating cultural barriers can enable the building of targeted retention strategies unique to each country.