Publications

Alfaar, A. S., Kamal, S., Abouelnaga, S., Greene, W. L., Quintana, Y., Ribeiro, R. C., & Qaddoumi, I. A. (2012). 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, 18(6), 470–474. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2011.0182

Meselhy, G. T., Sallam, K. R., Elshafiey, M. M., Refaat, A., Samir, A., & Younes, A. A. (2012). 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, 11(8), 484–490. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10330-012-1011-z

Shohdy, K. S., & Alfaar, A. S. (2013). Nanoparticles targeting mechanisms in cancer therapy: current limitations and emerging solutions. Therapeutic Delivery, 4(9), 1197–1209. https://doi.org/10.4155/tde.13.75

Amgad, M., & AlFaar, A. S. (2014). 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, 29(3), 536–540. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-013-0595-5

Alfaar, A., & Nour, R. (2014). What a reference manager can add for a physician in web 2.0 era. The Egyptian Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, 8(2), 55. https://doi.org/10.4103/1687-9090.143253

Hassan, W. M., Alfaar, A. S., Bakry, M. S., & Ezzat, S. (2014). Orbital tumors in USA: Difference in survival patterns. Cancer Epidemiology, 38(5), 515–522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2014.07.001

Taha, H., Amer, H. Z., El-Zomor, H., Alieldin, A., Nour, R., Konsowa, R., Zekri, W., el Nadi, E., & Alfaar, A. S. (2015). Phthisis Bulbi: Clinical and Pathologic Findings in Retinoblastoma. Fetal and Pediatric Pathology, 34(3), 176–184. https://doi.org/10.3109/15513815.2015.1014951

Zekri, W., Yehia, D., Elshafie, M. M., Zaghloul, M. S., El-Kinaai, N., Taha, H., Refaat, A., Younes, A. A., & Alfaar, A. S. (2015). Bilateral clear cell sarcoma of the kidney. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute, 27(2), 97–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnci.2015.03.002

Alfaar, A. S., Zamzam, M., Abdalla, B., Magdi, R., & El-Kinaai, N. (2015). Childhood Ewing Sarcoma of the Orbit. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 37(6), 433–437. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000000346

Hassan, W. M., Mehanna, M., Nour, R., Yehia, D., Atta, N., & Alfaar, A. S. (2015). Association between quality of clinical trials and human development index in heart failure using JADAD scale. Principles and Practice of Clinical Research, 1(2), 40–46. https://journal.ppcr.org/index.php/ppcrjournal/article/view/9

El-Nadi, E., Elzomor, H., Labib, R. M., Alfaar, A. S., Zaghloul, M. S., Taha, H., & Elwakeel, M. (2015). Childhood orbital rhabdomyosarcoma: Report from Children’s Cancer Hospital-57357-Egypt. Journal of Solid Tumors, 2(5), 94. https://www.sciedupress.com/journal/index.php/jst/article/view/6603

el Zomor, H., Nour, R., Alieldin, A., Taha, H., Montasr, M. M., Moussa, E., el Nadi, E., Ezzat, S., & Alfaar, A. S. (2015). Clinical presentation of intraocular retinoblastoma; 5-year hospital-based registry in Egypt. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute, 27(4), 195–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnci.2015.09.002

Alfaar, A. S., Zamzam, M., Abdalla, B., Magdi, R., & El-Kinaai, N. (2016). Childhood Ewing Sarcoma of Orbit: Is it So Fatal? Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 38(6), 493. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000000600

Labib, R. M., Mostafa, M. M., Alfaar, A. S., Yehia, D., Alaa, M., Elzayat, M. G., Adel, M., Ezzat, S., & Abo El-Naga, S. (2016). Biorepository for Pediatric Cancer with Minimal Resources: Meeting the Challenges. Biopreservation and Biobanking, 14(1), 9–16. https://doi.org/10.1089/bio.2015.0004

Alfaar, A. S., Hassan, W. M., Bakry, M. S., & Ezzat, S. (2017). Clinical Research Recession: Training Needs Perception Among Medical Students. Journal of Cancer Education : The Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 32(4), 728–733. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-016-0995-4

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. (2017). A change roadmap towards research paradigm in low-resource countries: retinoblastoma model in Egypt. International Ophthalmology, 37(1), 111–118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-016-0233-4

Elzomor, H., Taha, H., Nour, R., Aleieldin, A., Zaghloul, M. S., Qaddoumi, I., & Alfaar, A. S. (2017). A multidisciplinary approach to improving the care and outcomes of patients with retinoblastoma at a pediatric cancer hospital in Egypt. Ophthalmic Genetics, 38(4), 345–351. https://doi.org/10.1080/13816810.2016.1227995

Alfaar, A. S., Hassan, W. M., Bakry, M. S., & Qaddoumi, I. (2017). Neonates with cancer and causes of death; lessons from 615 cases in the SEER databases. Cancer Medicine, 6(7), 1817–1826. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1122

Rashed, W. M., Zekri, W., Awad, M., Taha, H., Abdalla, B., & Alfaar, A. S. (2017). Nonfunctioning Adrenocortical Carcinoma in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case Report of a Rare Multiple Primaries Combination. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 39(2), 150–152. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000000699

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. (2018). Risk of second malignancies among survivors of pediatric thyroid cancer. International Journal of Clinical Oncology, 23(4), 625–633. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-018-1256-9

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. (2018). Incidence of adrenal gland tumor as a second primary malignancy: SEER-based study. Endocrine Connections, 7(10), 1040–1048. https://doi.org/10.1530/EC-18-0304

Al-Husseini, M. J., Saad, A. M., El-Shewy, K. M., Nissan, N. E., Gad, M. M., Alzuabi, M. A., & Samir Alfaar, A. (2018). Prior malignancy impact on survival outcomes of glioblastoma multiforme; population-based study. International Journal of Neuroscience, 0(0), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207454.2018.1538989

Chamdine, O., Elhawary, G. A. S., Alfaar, A. S., & Qaddoumi, I. (2018). 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, 34(3), 431–439. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3687-4

Saad, A. M., Gad, M. M., Al-Husseini, M. J., AlKhayat, M. A., Rachid, A., Alfaar, A. S., & Hamoda, H. M. (2019). Suicidal death within a year of a cancer diagnosis: A population-based study. Cancer, 125(6), 972–979. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.31876

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. (2019). Anoctamin-4 is a bona fide Ca2+-dependent non-selective cation channel. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 2257. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37287-y

Cordes, M., Bucichowski, P., Alfaar, A. S., Tsang, S. H., Almedawar, S., Reichhart, N., & Strauß, O. (2020). 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, May 2019, fj.201901202RR. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201901202RR

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. (2020). The outcome of childhood adrenocortical carcinoma in Egypt: A model from developing countries. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/08880018.2019.1710309

Alfaar, A. S., Saad, A. M., KhalafAllah, M. T., Elsherif, O. E., Osman, M. H., & Strauß, O. (2020). 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-04896-1

Saad, A. M., Elmatboly, A. M., Gad, M. M., Al-Husseini, M. J., Jazieh, K. A., Alzuabi, M. A., & Alfaar, A. S. (2020). Association of Brain Cancer With Risk of Suicide. JAMA Network Open, 3(5), e203862. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.3862

el Zomor, H., Nour, R., Saad, A., Taha, H., Shelil, A. E., Aleieldin, A., Saad Zaghloul, M., & Alfaar, A. S. (2020). Unilateral retinoblastoma; natural history and an age-based protocol in 248 patients. Eye. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-020-01275-2

Alfaar, A. S., Saad, A., Elzouki, S., Abdel-Rahman, M. H., Strauss, O., & Rehak, M. (2020). Uveal melanoma-associated cancers revisited. ESMO Open, 5(6), e000990. https://doi.org/10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000990

Alfaar, A. S., Saad, A. M., KhalafAllah, M. T., Elsherif, O. E., Osman, M. H., & Strauß, O. (2020). Second primary malignancies of eye and ocular adnexa after a first primary elsewhere in the body. Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-04896-1

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. (2020). 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, 20, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30425-3

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. (2020). 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, 20. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30489-7

Hammad, M., Hosny, M., Khalil, E., Alfaar, A., & Fawzy, M. (2020). Pediatric ependymoma: A single-center experience from a developing country. Indian Journal of Cancer, 55(1), 382–389. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijc.IJC_373_19

Alfaar, A. S., Saad, A., Wiedemann, P., & Rehak, M. (2021). 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, Accepted. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-021-05317-7