It is important to be regular with eye checkups, to rule out other health concerns, but especially that of ocular melanoma. Here's what a doctor says.

Since ocular melanoma is inside the eye, there are often no symptoms in the early stage. As the melanoma grows, it can cause flashing lights, floating spots, blurry vision, and shadows in the ...

Ocular melanoma is a rare type of cancer that impacts about 2,500 people in the United States and 10,000 worldwide annually, according Finger. Freckles and moles in the eye, what doctors call nevi ...

MAY IS OCULAR MELANOMA AWARENESS MONTH, AND A LOCAL ORGANIZATION IS STEPPING UP TO FIGHT THIS RARE CANCER THAT AFFECTS ABOUT 25,000, 2500 PEOPLE EACH. AND EVERY YEAR. A RUN WALK IS TAKING PLACE IN ...

When a patient is diagnosed with a rare cancer like ocular melanoma, it may be easy to feel alone throughout the journey, but advocacy groups can provide the community one needs to obtain both support ...

AUBURN, Ala. (WSFA) - May is Ocular Melanoma Awareness Month to bring more attention to a rare type of cancer that develops in the eye. It’s so rare, it only occurs in about 6 of every 1 million ...

Eye melanoma is a cancerous growth that originates in the cells responsible for producing pigments in the eye. Although rare, it is diagnosed in about 2,500 new cases annually in the United States.

Dr. Frederick Ho, the medical director of Atlantic Eye MD and Atlantic Surgery and Laser Center, is a board certified ophthalmologist. Atlantic Eye MD is located at 8040 N. Wickham Road in ...

Squamous cell carcinoma Sebaceous carcinoma Ocular melanoma (melanoma that starts around the eye or on the inside of the eyelid) Can I prevent eye cancer and eyelid cancer? We know that melanoma of ...

“So, ocular melanoma, historically, was treated by a nucleation, meaning the removal of the eye,” said Helen Shih, MD, a radiation oncologist at Mass General Cancer Center.

KINGSTON, Tennessee — According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders, ocular melanoma affects around five people out of 1 million. Debbie Hensley said her ocular melanoma was caused ...