Retinoblastoma genetics in India: From research to implementation

Retinoblastoma is the prototypic genetic cancer. India carries the biggest burden of retinoblastoma globally, with an estimated 1500 new cases annually. Recent advances in retinoblastoma genetics are reviewed, focusing specifically on information with clinical significance to patients. The Indian li...

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Autor principal: Dimaras, Helen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25971166
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.156917
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description Retinoblastoma is the prototypic genetic cancer. India carries the biggest burden of retinoblastoma globally, with an estimated 1500 new cases annually. Recent advances in retinoblastoma genetics are reviewed, focusing specifically on information with clinical significance to patients. The Indian literature on retinoblastoma clinical genetics is also highlighted, with a comment on challenges and future directions. The review concludes with recommendations to help clinicians implement and translate retinoblastoma genetics to their practice.
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spelling pubmed-44482342015-06-11 Retinoblastoma genetics in India: From research to implementation Dimaras, Helen Indian J Ophthalmol Review Article Retinoblastoma is the prototypic genetic cancer. India carries the biggest burden of retinoblastoma globally, with an estimated 1500 new cases annually. Recent advances in retinoblastoma genetics are reviewed, focusing specifically on information with clinical significance to patients. The Indian literature on retinoblastoma clinical genetics is also highlighted, with a comment on challenges and future directions. The review concludes with recommendations to help clinicians implement and translate retinoblastoma genetics to their practice. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4448234/ /pubmed/25971166 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.156917 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448234/
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