Treatment depends on the form of eye cancer, size and how far it has spread (staging) and your general health. There are three treatments for cancer of the eye.
Surgery
Surgery involves removing only the diseased tissue. Surgery is usually enough to remove tumors in the eyelids. Sometimes combined with radiotherapy for the treatment of tumors in the eye.
Certain types of eye cancer, including melanoma of the eye, can be treated with laser therapy (a high energy beam of light is used to destroy cancer cells).
Sometimes, if the cancer affects a large part of the eye, the eyeball may be necessary to remove the whole (enucleation). You may feel angry or worried about how they can survive. Doctors and nurses are care support and help. Artificial (prosthetic), the eyeball can be created to satisfy the remaining eye.
Nonsurgical treatments
Radiation therapy - Radiation therapy is used to kill cancer cells. It is often used to treat eye melanoma.
Chemotherapy - anti-cancer drugs used to destroy cancer cells. They are usually administered intravenously but can sometimes be administered in tablet form. Chemotherapy can be effective in the treatment of ocular lymphoma, and retinoblastoma. And 'only used for melanoma of the eye, if other treatments have not worked.
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