Like many people with a freckle in the back of their eye, Debbie Hensley never knew she had one — until it potentially threatened her life. The retired teacher went in for a routine eye exam in ...

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 ...

A compounded form of imiquimod, a topical immune response modifier, showed promise as a treatment for ocular surface ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Ocular melanoma is a rare and aggressive cancer. Only 7,000 adults are diagnosed each year. This week's everyday hero got her diagnosis in March of 2020. She's hosted an annual ...

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 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This story first appeared in Healthy You - January 2025, The Gazette’s quarterly health publication.

For people diagnosed with ocular melanomas, the only effective treatment for many years has been radiation therapy which destroys sight in the affected eye. This was Melody Burchett’s experience when ...

Find out who's at risk and how it can manifest. Find out who's at risk for melanoma and how it can manifest. Getty Images May 12, 2014— -- intro: You may have heard of melanoma, but chances are ...

A history of childhood cancer more than doubled the risk of melanoma and premature death in adults, a large retrospective review showed. Although the absolute risk of melanoma at 40 years was small, ...