Publication at Second Faculty of Medicine |
2021
Abstract
Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular malignancy. Its incidence has been reported between 1 case in 15,000 - 18,000 live births, or about 12, 6, or 4 cases per 1 million children under the age of 5, 10, or 15 years, respectively.
The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of retinoblastoma across European countries within a one-year time frame. Data were collected through an international, multicenter, one-year cross-sectional analysis that has been previously described in detail.
Briefly, retinoblastoma treatment centers reported all new cases of retinoblastoma that were diagnosed between January 2017 and December 2017. The final analysis involved only those countries who described their data as "likely complete".