Background: Damage induced by ultraviolet (UV) radiation plays a decisive role in the carcinogenesis of malignant tumors of the eyelids.
Methods: A selective literature search was performed in PubMed and Google Scholar.
Results: Large epidemiological studies show an increase in the prevalence of eyelid tumors in recent decades.
Purpose: The German Retina.net ROP registry and its Europe-wide successor, the EU-ROP registry, collect data from patients treated for ROP. This analysis compares input parameters of these two registries to establish a procedure for joint analyses of different registry data using exemplary datasets from the two registries.
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