Intraocular Cancers (Cancers in the eye)

When they hear the word “cancer,” most people may think of cancer of parts of the body such as breasts, lungs, colon, brain, bones, and prostate. But did you know that the eyes are also at risk of cancers? The most serious can be Intraocular Cancers, cancers that occur inside (intra) the eye.

Several eye cancers are more common, such as cancers of the eyelids like squamous cell carcinoma on the conjunctiva, which is the eye’s surface. There are also squamous cell carcinomas, which are light related inside the eye. The most common tumor is a mole or a Nevus. …read more