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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

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

DOI: 10.1186/s12974-022-02620-w

PMID: 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

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: 34605956 DOI: 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 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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