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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 27.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2015 Aug 27;1:15021. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.21

Table 2.

Availability of treatment and imaging at retinoblastoma centres worldwide.

Countries Total number of centres Enucleation (%) Laser therapy (%) Cryotherapy (%) IVC (%) Retinal imaging (%)
High income 47 100% 91% 89% 85% 89%
Middle income 75 100% 91% 91% 69% 63%
Low income 10 100% 50% 20% 5 (50%) 30%
Total 132 100% 88% 85% 97 (73%) 70%

Retinoblastoma centres worldwide were surveyed and featured on the One Retinoblastoma World Map (1rbw.org, accessed on 25 March 2015). Information is available for 54 countries (22 high-income countries, 28 middle-income countries and 4 low-income countries, following World Bank Classification). The percentages depict the percentage of centres offering the specific treatment or diagnostic tools. IVC, intravenous chemotherapy.

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