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=== <strong>Recent Publications</strong> ===
'''Survival trends for patients with retinoblastoma between 2000 and 2018: What has changed?'''

Basel Abdelazeem, Kirellos Said Abbas, Joseph Shehata, Nahla Ahmed El‐Shahat, Mennatullah Mohamed Eltaras, Ibrahim Qaddoumi, Ahmad Samir Alfaar

Cancer Medicine, December 2022

[https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5406 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.5406]
        
         
'''FoxP3 expression by retinal pigment epithelial cells: transcription factor with potential relevance for the pathology of age-related macular degeneration'''

Ahmad Samir Alfaar, Lucas Stürzbecher, Maria Diedrichs-Möhring, Marion Lam, Christophe Roubeix, Julia Ritter, Kathrin Schumann, Balasubramaniam Annamalai, Inga-Marie Pompös, Bärbel Rohrer, Florian Sennlaub, Nadine Reichhart, Gerhild Wildner, Olaf Strauß

Journal of Neuroinflammation, October 2022

[https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-022-02620-w DOI: 10.1186/s12974-022-02620-w]

PMID: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36273134 36273134]         
        


'''The epidemiology of adults' eyelid malignancies in Germany between 2009 and 2015; An analysis of 42,710 patients' data'''

Ahmad S Alfaar, C Nathanael Suckert, Matus Rehak, and Christian Girbardt 

European Journal of Ophthalmology, October 2022

[https://doi.org/10.1177/11206721221125018 DOI: 10.1177/11206721221125018]
        
         
'''The epidemiology of uveal melanoma in Germany: a nationwide report of incidence and survival between 2009 and 2015''' 

Ahmad Samir Alfaar, Anas Saad, Peter Wiedemann, Matus Rehak

PMID: [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34605956/ 34605956] DOI: [https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-021-05317-7 10.1007/s00417-021-05317-7]

=== '''Active Projects''' ===

* Epidemiology
** Ocular oncology: in Germany, in USA, in Egypt ( Lid, Orbit, lacrimal gland, Melanoma, Retinoblastoma)
***[[Uveal Melanoma in USA]]
** Retinal Diseases
***Retinopathy of Prematurity: in [[ROP in Germany|Germany]], in USA
*** Retinal Detachment: in Germany, in USA
** Ocular Emergencies in Germany
* Medical Informatics
* Ocular Physiology
*Patient-reported outcome measures
*Clinical Research Interest and Barriers.
*African Consortium for Genetic and Developmental Eye Diseases

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