What Is Eye Cancer?

Eye cancer is an abnormal malignant cell growth in the tissues of the eye. It is a rare disease, with retinoblastoma being the most common form of the sisease. Due to the loss of vision caused by the disease, it ia a life changing predicament. Your doctor will recomment an appropriate treatment plan once the eye cancer is discovered.

People with the HIV or patients who have had a kidney transplant have a greater risk of getting squamous cell eye cancer. This fact suggests that this disease is closelt linked with immune deficiency. Currently, the main eye care standard for eye cancer is treatment to the local tumor area only.

Uveal Melanoma is the most common form of eye cancer, and the risk factors are widely unkown in the medical community.  Eye cancer in the adult will be the first to notice the problem of eye cancer, as they will begin to experience certain defects as well as change in their visual field.

Melanoma

As mentioned above, the mose common form of eye cancer is called melanoma. It is  more common in caucasian people than black people. This, most likely, is because caucasian people have ligher eyes and are much more sun-sensitive.  Melanoma tends to spread via blood vessels to distant organs. Melanomas may also continue in some families with absolutely no history of oculodermal melanocytosis or dysplastic nevus syndrome.

Treatment

Destroying the cancerous cells is the aim at eye cancer treatment, relieving symptoms and saving as much eyesight as possible. Many factors are considered in choosing a treatment plan, such as location and stage of the cancer, as well as a individuals physical health. Because any treatment of the eye may interfere with or cause complete vision loss, many treatments have been designed to preserve the loss of vision.

Treatments include proton beam, plaque radiation therapy, resection of the tumor or removal of the eye. Because eye cancer has the potential of being fatal, treatment in some cases must continue, regardless of the damage to the eye. If the tumor in the ye has advance too greatly, while all hope of regaining or preserving vision is lost, most effective treatment is called enucleation, which is the complete removal of the eye.