Delay in diagnosis of retinoblastoma: risk factors and treatment outcome

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BACKGROUND: Delay in diagnosis of retinoblastoma causes considerable parental distress; however, the primary healthcare professional (PHP) may have difficulty detecting the most common presenting symptom-leucocoria. Alternatively, the PHP may not appreciate that retinoblastoma is the pathology underlying more common ocular symptoms in infants and young children. METHOD: The parents of 100 recently diagnosed...

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