Publications

Authors	Title	Journal	Online	Volume, Issue, Pages	DOI	IF	Rank	Theme	Submitted	Accepted
Alfaar, A. S., Kamal, S., Abouelnaga, S., Greene, W. L., Quintana, Y., Ribeiro, R. C., & Qaddoumi, I. A.	International telepharmacy education: another venue to improve cancer care in the developing world.	Telemedicine Journal and E-Health : The Official Journal of the American Telemedicine Association,	2012	18(6), 470–474.	https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2011.0182	5.033	Q1	Education	August 31, 2011	November 29, 2011
Meselhy, G. T., Sallam, K. R., Elshafiey, M. M., Refaat, A., Samir, A., & Younes, A. A.	Sonographic guidance for tunneled central venous catheters insertion in pediatric oncologic patients: guided punctures and guide wire localization.	The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology	2012	11(8), 484–490	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10330-012-1011-z	-	-	Pediatric Cances
Shohdy, K. S., & Alfaar, A. S.	Nanoparticles targeting mechanisms in cancer therapy: current limitations and emerging solutions.	Therapeutic Delivery	2013	4(9), 1197–1209	https://doi.org/10.4155/tde.13.75	-	-	Biology
Amgad, M., & AlFaar, A. S.	Integrating web 2.0 in clinical research education in a developing country.	Journal of Cancer Education : The Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Education	2014	29(3), 536–540	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-013-0595-5	1.771	Q3	Education
Alfaar, A., & Nour, R.	What a reference manager can add for a physician in web 2.0 era.	The Egyptian Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia,	2014	8(2), 55	https://doi.org/10.4103/1687-9090.143253	-	-	Clinical Research
Hassan, W. M., Alfaar, A. S., Bakry, M. S., & Ezzat, S.	Orbital tumors in USA: Difference in survival patterns.	Cancer Epidemiology	2014	38(5), 515–522	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2014.07.001	2.890	Q3	Ocular oncology
Taha, H., Amer, H. Z., El-Zomor, H., Alieldin, A., Nour, R., Konsowa, R., Zekri, W., el Nadi, E., & Alfaar, A. S.	Phthisis Bulbi: Clinical and Pathologic Findings in Retinoblastoma.	Fetal and Pediatric Pathology	2015	34(3), 176–184.	https://doi.org/10.3109/15513815.2015.1014951	1.412	Q4	Ocular oncology
Zekri, W., Yehia, D., Elshafie, M. M., Zaghloul, M. S., El-Kinaai, N., Taha, H., Refaat, A., Younes, A. A., & Alfaar, A. S.	Bilateral clear cell sarcoma of the kidney.	Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute,	2015	27(2), 97–100.	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnci.2015.03.002	-	-	Pediatric Oncology
Alfaar, A. S., Zamzam, M., Abdalla, B., Magdi, R., & El-Kinaai, N.	Childhood Ewing Sarcoma of the Orbit.	Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology	2015	37(6), 433–437	https://doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000000346	1.170	Q4	Ocular oncology
Zekri, W., Yehia, D., Elshafie, M. M., Zaghloul, M. S., El-Kinaai, N., Taha, H., Refaat, A., Younes, A. A., & Alfaar, A. S.	Bilateral clear cell sarcoma of the kidney.	Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute,	2015	27(2), 97–100.	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnci.2015.03.002	-	-	Pediatric Oncology
Hassan, W. M., Mehanna, M., Nour, R., Yehia, D., Atta, N., & Alfaar, A. S.	Association between quality of clinical trials and human development index in heart failure using JADAD scale.	Principles and Practice of Clinical Research	2015	1(2), 40–46	https://journal.ppcr.org/index.php/ppcrjournal/article/view/9	-	-	Clinical Researrch
El-Nadi, E., Elzomor, H., Labib, R. M., Alfaar, A. S., Zaghloul, M. S., Taha, H., & Elwakeel, M.	Childhood orbital rhabdomyosarcoma: Report from Children’s Cancer Hospital-57357-Egypt.	Journal of Solid Tumors	2015	2(5), 94	https://www.sciedupress.com/journal/index.php/jst/article/view/6603	-	-	Ocular oncology
El Zomor, H., Nour, R., Alieldin, A., Taha, H., Montasr, M. M., Moussa, E., el Nadi, E., Ezzat, S., & Alfaar, A. S.	Clinical presentation of intraocular retinoblastoma; 5-year hospital-based registry in Egypt.	Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute	2015	27(4), 195–203	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnci.2015.09.002	-	-	Ocular oncology
Alfaar, A. S., Zamzam, M., Abdalla, B., Magdi, R., & El-Kinaai, N.	Childhood Ewing Sarcoma of Orbit: Is it So Fatal?	Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology	2016	38(6), 493	https://doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000000600	1.170	Q4	Pediatric Oncology
Labib, R. M., Mostafa, M. M., Alfaar, A. S., Yehia, D., Alaa, M., Elzayat, M. G., Adel, M., Ezzat, S., & Abo El-Naga, S.	Biorepository for Pediatric Cancer with Minimal Resources: Meeting the Challenges.	Biopreservation and Biobanking,	2016	14(1), 9–16	https://doi.org/10.1089/bio.2015.0004	2.256	Q3	Pediatric Oncology
Alfaar, A. S., Hassan, W. M., Bakry, M. S., & Ezzat, S.	Clinical Research Recession: Training Needs Perception Among Medical Students.	Journal of Cancer Education : The Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Education,	2017	32(4), 728–733.	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-016-0995-4	1.771	Q3	Education
Alfaar, A. S., Nour, R., Bakry, M. S., Kamal, M., Hassanain, O., Labib, R. M., Rashed, W. M., Elzomor, H., Alieldin, A., Taha, H., Zaghloul, M. S., Ezzat, S., & AboElnaga, S.	A change roadmap towards research paradigm in low-resource countries: retinoblastoma model in Egypt.	International Ophthalmology	2017	37(1), 111–118.	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-016-0233-4	2.029	Q3	Ocular oncology
ElZomor H, Taha H, Aleieldin A, Nour R, Zaghloul MS, Fawzi M, Kamel A, Alfaar AS.	High Risk Retinoblastoma: Prevalence and Success of Treatment in Developing Countries.	Ophthalmic Genetics,	2015	36(3):287-9	https://10.3109/13816810.2015.1016241	1.274	Q4	Ocular oncology
Elzomor, H., Taha, H., Nour, R., Aleieldin, A., Zaghloul, M. S., Qaddoumi, I., & Alfaar, A. S.	A multidisciplinary approach to improving the care and outcomes of patients with retinoblastoma at a pediatric cancer hospital in Egypt.	Ophthalmic Genetics,	2017	38(4), 345–351.	https://doi.org/10.1080/13816810.2016.1227995	1.274	Q4	Ocular oncology
Alfaar, A. S., Hassan, W. M., Bakry, M. S., & Qaddoumi, I.	Neonates with cancer and causes of death; lessons from 615 cases in the SEER databases.	Cancer Medicine,	2017	6(7), 1817–1826.	https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1122	4.711	Q2	Pediatric Oncology
Rashed, W. M., Zekri, W., Awad, M., Taha, H., Abdalla, B., & Alfaar, A. S.	Nonfunctioning Adrenocortical Carcinoma in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case Report of a Rare Multiple Primaries Combination.	Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology,	2017	39(2), 150–152.	https://doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000000699	1.170	Q4	Pediatric Oncology
Adly, M. H., Sobhy, M., Rezk, M. A., Ishak, M., Afifi, M. A., Shafie, A. el, Ali, M. A., Zekri, W., Alfaar, A. S., & Rashed, W. M.	Risk of second malignancies among survivors of pediatric thyroid cancer.	International Journal of Clinical Oncology,	2018	23(4), 625–633.	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-018-1256-9	3.850	Q3	Pediatric Oncology
Rashed, W. M., Saad, A. M., Al-Husseini, M. J., Galal, A. M., Ismael, A. M., Al-Tayep, A. M., el Shafie, A., Ali, M. A., & Alfaar, A. S.	Incidence of adrenal gland tumor as a second primary malignancy: SEER-based study.	Endocrine Connections	2018	7(10), 1040–1048.	https://doi.org/10.1530/EC-18-0304	3.221	Q3	Oncology
Al-Husseini, M. J., Saad, A. M., El-Shewy, K. M., Nissan, N. E., Gad, M. M., Alzuabi, M. A., & Samir Alfaar, A.	Prior malignancy impact on survival outcomes of glioblastoma multiforme; population-based study.	International Journal of Neuroscience	2018	129(5), 447-454	https://doi.org/10.1080/00207454.2018.1538989	2.590	Q4	Oncology
Chamdine, O., Elhawary, G. A. S., Alfaar, A. S., & Qaddoumi, I.	The incidence of brainstem primitive neuroectodermal tumors of childhood based on SEER data.	Child’s Nervous System : ChNS : Official Journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery	2018	34(3), 431–439	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3687-4	1.532	Q4	Pediatric Oncology
Saad, A. M., Gad, M. M., Al-Husseini, M. J., AlKhayat, M. A., Rachid, A., Alfaar, A. S., & Hamoda, H. M.	Suicidal death within a year of a cancer diagnosis: A population-based study.	Cancer	2019	125(6), 972–979	https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.31876	6.921	Q1	Oncology
Reichhart, N., Schöberl, S., Keckeis, S., Alfaar, A. S., Roubeix, C., Cordes, M., Crespo-Garcia, S., Haeckel, A., Kociok, N., Föckler, R., Fels, G., Mataruga, A., Rauh, R., Milenkovic, V. M., Zühlke, K., Klussmann, E., Schellenberger, E., & Strauß, O.	Anoctamin-4 is a bona fide Ca2+-dependent non-selective cation channel.	Scientific Reports,	2019	9(1), 2257	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37287-y	4.996	Q2	Biology
Cordes, M., Bucichowski, P., Alfaar, A. S., Tsang, S. H., Almedawar, S., Reichhart, N., & Strauß, O.	Inhibition of Ca2+ channel surface expression by mutant bestrophin-1 in RPE cells.	FASEB Journal : Official Publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology	2020	May 2019, fj.201901202RR	https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201901202RR	5.834	Q1	Biology
Zekri, W., Hammad, M., Rashed, W. M., Ahmed, G., Elshafie, M., Adly, M. H., Elborai, Y., Abdalla, B., Taha, H., Elkinaae, N., Refaat, A., Younes, A., Alfaar, A. S., Younis, A., & Alfaar, A. S.	The outcome of childhood adrenocortical carcinoma in Egypt: A model from developing countries.	Pediatric Hematology and Oncology	2020	198-210	https://doi.org/10.1080/08880018.2019.1710309	2.070	Q3	Pediatric Oncology
Alfaar, A. S., Saad, A. M., KhalafAllah, M. T., Elsherif, O. E., Osman, M. H., & Strauß, O.	Second primary malignancies of eye and ocular adnexa after a first primary elsewhere in the body.	Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv Fur Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie	2020	259, 515–526	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-04896-1	3.535	Q2	Ocular oncology
Saad, A. M., Elmatboly, A. M., Gad, M. M., Al-Husseini, M. J., Jazieh, K. A., Alzuabi, M. A., & Alfaar, A. S.	Association of Brain Cancer With Risk of Suicide.	JAMA Network Open	2020	3(5), e203862	https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.3862	13.353	Q1	Oncology
El Zomor, H., Nour, R., Saad, A., Taha, H., Shelil, A. E., Aleieldin, A., Saad Zaghloul, M., & Alfaar, A. S.	Unilateral retinoblastoma; natural history and an age-based protocol in 248 patients.	Eye.	2020	35(9):2564-2572	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-020-01275-2	4.456	Q1	Ocular oncology
Alfaar, A. S., Saad, A., Elzouki, S., Abdel-Rahman, M. H., Strauss, O., & Rehak, M.	Uveal melanoma-associated cancers revisited.	ESMO Open	2020	5(6), e000990.	https://doi.org/10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000990	6.883	Q1	Ocular oncology
Alfaar, A. S., Saad, A. M., KhalafAllah, M. T., Elsherif, O. E., Osman, M. H., & Strauß, O.	Second primary malignancies of eye and ocular adnexa after a first primary elsewhere in the body.	Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology.	2020		https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-04896-1	3.535	Q2	Ocular oncology
Bourne, R., Steinmetz, J. D., Flaxman, S., Briant, P. S., Taylor, H. R., Resnikoff, S., Casson, R. J., Abdoli, A., Abu-Gharbieh, E., Afshin, A., Ahmadieh, H., Akalu, Y., Alamneh, A. A., Alemayehu, W., Alfaar, A. S., Alipour, V., Anbesu, E. W., Androudi, S., Arabloo, J., … Vos, T.	Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.	The Lancet Global Health	2020	20, 1–14	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30425-3	38.927	Q1	Ophthalmology
Adelson, J. D., Bourne, R. R. A., Briant, P. S., Flaxman, S. R., Taylor, H. R. B., Jonas, J. B., Abdoli, A. A., Abrha, W. A., Abualhasan, A., Abu-Gharbieh, E. G., Adal, T. G., Afshin, A., Ahmadieh, H., Alemayehu, W., Alemzadeh, S. A. S., Alfaar, A. S., Alipour, V., Androudi, S., Arabloo, J., … Vos, T.	Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.	The Lancet Global Health	2020	20	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30489-7	38.927	Q1	Ophthalmology
Hammad, M., Hosny, M., Khalil, E., Alfaar, A., & Fawzy, M.	Pediatric ependymoma: A single-center experience from a developing country.	Indian Journal of Cancer	2020	55(1), 382–389	https://doi.org/10.4103/ijc.IJC_373_19	1.397	Q4	Pediatric Oncology
Alfaar, A. S., Saad, A., Wiedemann, P., & Rehak, M.	The epidemiology of uveal melanoma in Germany: a nationwide report of incidence and survival between 2009 and 2015.	Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv Fur Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie	2021	260, pages1723–1731	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-021-05317-7	3.535	Q2	Ocular oncology
Alfaar AS, Stürzbecher L, Diedrichs-Möhring M, Lam M, Roubeix C, Ritter J, Schumann K, Annamalai B, Pompös IM, Rohrer B, Sennlaub F, Reichhart N, Wildner G, Strauß O.	FoxP3 expression by retinal pigment epithelial cells: transcription factor with potential relevance for the pathology of age-related macular degeneration	J Neuroinflammation .	2022	19(1):260	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-022-02620-w	9.587	Q1	Biology
Abdelazeem B, Abbas KS, Shehata J, Alfaar AS.	Increased Risk of Subsequent Skin Melanoma in Patients with Retinoblastoma: SEER-Based Results.	J Invest Dermatol.	2022	142(11):3123-3125	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2022.04.013	7.590	Q1	Ocular oncology
Alfaar AS, Suckert CN, Rehak M, Girbardt C.	The epidemiology of adults' eyelid malignancies in Germany between 2009 and 2015; An analysis of 42,710 patients' data.	Eur J Ophthalmol	2022		https://doi.org/10.1177/11206721221125018	1.922	Q4	Ocular oncology
Abdelazeem B, Abbas KS, Shehata J, El-Shahat NA, Eltaras MM, Qaddoumi I, Alfaar AS.	Survival trends for patients with retinoblastoma between 2000 and 2018: What has changed?	Cancer Med	2022		https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5406	4.711	Q2	Ocular oncology