Melanoma in the Eye
Eye (Ocular) Cancer - Yale Medicine
A rare form of cancer that often begins elsewhere in the body before taking root in the eyes. Types include intraocular melanoma, lymphoma, and retinoblastoma.
EyeMelanoma.org: Ocular Melanoma Patient Resources
Uveal Melanoma and Intraocular Melanoma (meaning "within the eye") are used interchangeably to indicate this location. Depending on where the tumor is in the ...
Eye melanoma occurs when the pigment-producing cells in the eyes divide and multiply too rapidly. This produces a lump of tissue known as a tumour.
Ocular Melanoma | Tufts Medicine
Ocular melanoma is a type of cancer that starts in the cells that produce pigment (color) in the eye. If left untreated, these cancerous cells can grow and ...
Eye Cancer - American Academy of Ophthalmology
Ocular Melanoma. The most common cancer that starts in the eye in adults is melanoma, also known as ocular melanoma. Melanoma is a cancer ...
Choroidal Melanoma | Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Patients with choroidal melanoma undergoing evaluation and treatment at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute have access to the most advanced diagnostic imaging ...
An eye-saving treatment for melanoma in the eye - Augusta Health
Thankfully patients affected by this rare form of melanoma have a treatment option that offers a chance of saving the eye, and possibly vision.
Can You Get Eye Cancer? | Northwestern Medicine
Similar to skin melanoma, ocular or eye melanoma develops in cells that create the pigment that gives your skin and eyes color. Ocular melanoma is uncommon, and ...
Melanoma of the Eye - UofL Health
Melanoma is a cancer of the pigmented cells of the body (melanocytes). It most commonly occurs in the skin but can develop in parts of the eye.
Uveal Melanoma | MD Anderson Cancer Center
Uveal melanoma is the most common cancer that starts in the eyeball in adults. It accounts for about 5% of all melanoma cases.
What is eye cancer? | Canadian Cancer Society
Melanoma most often starts to grow inside of the eyeball and is called intraocular melanoma. Lymphoma is another type of cancer that can affect the eye. It is ...
OMF | Ocular Melanoma Foundation - Screening & Prevention
Finger of the Eye Cancer Network believes that since choroidal melanomas are more commonly found in patients with blue eyes, outdoor occupations, and in ...
Intraocular Melanoma: Treatment, Symptoms & Definition
Intraocular melanoma is the most common type of eye cancer in adults. It affects the uvea, or middle part of the eye. It can lead to vision ...
Ocular (Eye) Melanoma Treatment
We see more than 200 cases of benign eye lesions (choroidal nevi) each year and treat approximately 60 people with new eye melanomas (also called ocular ...
Eye Tumors - Melanoma in Dogs | VCA Animal Hospitals
Even though most uveal melanomas are benign, they are invasive and will expand to involve other intraocular structures over time. They will usually cause ...
Understanding Eyelid and Eye Melanoma: Early Detection and ...
Melanoma of the eye, also known as ocular melanoma, can occur in various parts of the eye but most commonly affects the uvea, the layer that ...
Ocular Melanoma | Northside Hospital
Ocular melanoma is a cancer of the eye. Other names for it include OM, eye melanoma and ocular cancer. You may have heard people use the term “melanoma” to talk ...
Eye melanoma, also called 'ocular melanoma' or 'uveal melanoma', grows in the cells of the eye that produce melanin (the pigment that gives your skin its ...
Eye melanoma | UM Health-Sparrow
Eye melanoma is also called ocular melanoma. Most eye melanomas form in the part of the eye you can't see when looking in a mirror.
eye melanoma; squamous cell carcinoma; lymphoma · retinoblastoma – a childhood cancer. Cancer can also sometimes develop in the tissues surrounding your eyeball ...