Cancer of the Eye Cancer of the eye or its supporting structures is relatively, with only 2500 new caes and 400 deaths a year. Men and women are equaly affected. Most eye cancers are curable, especially if they are diagnosed early. Advances in eye sergury, including radiation theorpy, cryotherapy (freezing), and lasers, now make it possible to eradicate the cancer and still saving the eye in an increasing number of patients. In general, eye cancer can be didvied into three catugories, as determined by the site in which cancer originates. These locations are the eyesball itself; within the boney orbit (socket) that contains the eye abd its surrounding protective soft tissues; and the eyelids and conjuctiva, the latter being the membrane that covers the surface of the eyeball and lines the back side of the lids. The cause of most....

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