Melanie Wightman developed ocular melanoma, a rare eye cancer that develops in pigment-producing cells of the eye. She was diagnosed after noticing a small bump on her temple at just 11.

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

Cancers that happen in and around the eye are very rare. The most common type of eye cancer that happens in adults is ocular melanoma, sometimes known as intraocular melanoma. This is when melanoma ...

The cancer had spread to both of 1-year-old Lily Morss' eyes Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and Reader's Digest. GoFundMe A toddler was ...

Eye cancer occurs when cells in or around the eye multiply uncontrollably, forming a tumour. These tumours can be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). Malignant tumours can grow and spread ...

The North Carolina budget once again will not include money to find answers to a looming cancer question in Huntersville -- why have so many people been diagnosed with a rare ocular melanoma? It’s a ...

Each year about 300 children in the United States are diagnosed with retinoblastoma, an eye cancer that makes up about 1% of childhood cancers. This cancer typically occurs in young children, often ...

BACKGROUND: Eye cancer is a rare condition that struck almost 2,400 people in the United States in 2008, according to the American Cancer Society. The disease can affect the eye itself or outer parts ...

A 6-month-old girl’s rare retinal cancer was mistakenly diagnosed by doctors as eczema — and her eye was eventually removed. Katherine O’Neill, 42, noticed her daughter, Amelia, had been rubbing her ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) – This weekend, two young girls from Northeast Ohio will be pedaling with a purpose. Six-year-olds Hannah and Lyla are both survivors of a rare and aggressive childhood eye cancer ...

The eye has three major parts: the globe, the orbit, and the adnexal structures. The globe (eyeball) is filled with a jelly-like material called vitreous. The uvea and the retina are two important ...