Eye cancer is a serious tumor associated with one part of the eye, which may kill the patient if the diagnosis is delayed and therefore delayed treatment began
Eye cancer (Eye Cancer) is a rare syndrome that can affect children and adults, and cause a tumor in one part of the eye or eyeball, which, if not treated, may spread throughout the body
Symptoms of eye cancer
Eye cancer often starts silent without symptoms and is detected by chance when a normal eye examination is performed.
One of the most common symptoms is loss of vision without any pain. In addition to experiencing one of the following symptoms, which may be associated with eye cancer alone, it may be caused by other medical problems such as
Blurred vision
Partial or complete loss of vision
See flashes of light
See moving points, spots, or zigzag lines
Block in the eyelid
The appearance of dark spots on the iris of the eye
If you notice any of these symptoms, we recommend that you visit a specialist ophthalmologist and consult them to assess your condition through diagnostic tests
What are the treatment procedures
In most cases of melanoma eye cancers in which eye cancer is detected in its early stages and before its spread outside the eye, the success rate of treatment is high.
If a small tumor in the eye is diagnosed, it is not treated quickly and immediately as the doctor keeps it under observation to see how it develops
However, if diagnosed with eye cancer, several treatment procedures are carried out
(Radiation)
This type of treatment is the most common type, where beams of radiation accurately shed on the location of the tumor to kill. Radiotherapy may be local or external.
Laser treatment
Laser (infrared) is used to combat and eliminate small tumors, by killing and closing blood vessels and capillaries. Low-power laser beams are usually projected that does not harm the eye but only shed cancer cells to kill them and fight their growth
Surgery
In some cases, such as iris tumors, the doctor may have to remove a part of the eye to remove the tumor.