title: The clinical spectrum and treatment outcome of retinoblastoma in Indian children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the clinical spectrum and treatment outcome of retinoblastoma in Indian children.
  
  
  METHODS
  This retrospective study analyzed 488 eyes of 355 retinoblastoma patients treated at a tertiary care ophthalmic hospital in southern India during a 14-year period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Retinoblastoma involved one eye in 177 (50%) and both eyes in 178 (50%) patients. Mean age at presentation was 23.98 +/- 23.37.
authors.affiliation: Vitreoretinal Service, Sankara Nethralaya, Vision Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Mahesh P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Shanmugam
authors.forename: Jyotirmay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: Lingam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gopal
authors.forename: Tarun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S H M
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Nizamuddin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D015353:Eye Enucleation / Q000009:adverse effects; D017234:Eye Evisceration / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome