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The treatment depends on how far advanced the tumor is. If the tumor is in the advanced stages and there is little hope of regaining vision the most effective treatment is an enucleation, the removal of the eye. This obviously is a drastic treatment and is avoided if possible. [read article]
Treatment News for Eye Cancer
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Tests for Eye Cancer
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A standard ophthalmic exam is a series of tests done to check your vision and the health of your eyes. See also: Refraction test More
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Fluorescein angiography is an eye test that uses a special dye and camera to look at blood flow in the retina and choroid. More
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Ultrasound involves the use of high-frequency sound waves to create images of organs and systems within the body. More
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During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient's body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems. A typical physical ex... More
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Indocyanine Green Angiography
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Biopsy of Eyeball and Orbit
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A computed tomography (CT) scan is an imaging method that uses x-rays to create cross-sectional pictures of the body. See also: Cranial CT scan; Lumbosacral sp... More
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Cytology is the examination of individual cells and small clusters of cells, and may be used for the diagnosis and screening of diseases, including cancers. Cytolog... More
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MRI of Eyes
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A biopsy is the removal of a small piece of tissue for laboratory examination. More
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Ophthalmic Echography- A-Mode
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An arteriogram is an imaging test that uses x-rays and a special dye to see inside the arteries. It can be used to see arteries in the heart, brain, kidney, and man... More
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A biopsy is the removal of a small piece of tissue for laboratory examination. More
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a noninvasive way to take pictures of the body. Unlike x-rays and computed tomographic (CT) scans, which use radiation, MRI uses... More
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A chest x-ray is an x-ray of the chest, lungs, heart, large arteries, ribs, and diaphragm. More
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Medical Procedures for Eye Cancer
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Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill bacteria, viruses, fungi, and cancer cells. Most commonly, the term is used to refer to cancer-killing drugs. This article ... More
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Radiation therapy uses high powered x-rays or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells. More
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Cryotherapy is a technique that uses an extremely cold liquid or instruments to freeze and destroy abnormal or cancerous skin cells that require removal. The techni... More
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Prostate seed implantation--also called brachytherapy--has become more and more popular in recent years as a treatment option for prostate cancer, and... More
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External Beam Radiotherapy
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Intravenous chemotherapy
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Surgical Procedures for Eye Cancer
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An exenteration is a major operation during which all the contents of a body cavity are removed. Pelvic exenteration refers to the removal of all the organs and adj... More
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Enucleation is the surgical removal of the eyeball that leaves the eye muscles and remaining orbital contents intact. More
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Photocoagulation therapy is a method of treating detachments (tears) of the retina (the layer of light-sensitive cells at the back of the eye) with an argon laser. ... More
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Prescribed Medications for Eye Cancer
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VINCRISTINE (vin KRIS teen) is a chemotherapy drug. It slows the growth of cancer cells. This medicine is used to treat many types of cancer like Hodgkin's dis... More
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CARBOPLATIN (KAR boe pla tin) is a chemotherapy drug. It targets fast dividing cells, like cancer cells, and causes these cells to die. This medicine is used to tre... More
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ETOPOSIDE, VP-16 (e toe POE side) is a chemotherapy drug. It is used to treat small cell lung cancer and other cancers. More
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CYCLOSPORINE (SYE kloe spor een) is used to decrease the immune system's response to a transplanted organ. More
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