According to the Mayo Clinic, treatment designed to destroy a melanoma often will cause some loss of vision, even though every effort is made to preserve vision. But because cancers of the eye can be fatal, in some cases a patient will need treatment even if it means loss of vision or loss of the eye.
Eye Cancer
Treatment & Care
Treatment Options for Ocular Melanoma are Similar to Treatments for Other Cancers of the Eye
Submitted by Steve Ross on Sat, 08/12/2006 - 7:05pm.
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Treatment Options for All Forms of Eye Cancer
Submitted by Steve Ross on Sat, 08/12/2006 - 7:02pm.
According to The Eye Cancer Network, there are three main treatment options for cancer of the eye:
- Chemotherapy
- Enucleation Surgery
- Radiation Therapy for Intraocular Tumors
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Alternative and Complementary (Integrative) Medical Approaches to the Treatment of Cancer
Submitted by Steve Ross on Sun, 08/06/2006 - 4:17pm.
In general, cancer-related alternative medicine refers to therapies, such as mistletoe or coenzyme Q-10 (CoQ10)*, that may be used instead of conventional treatments. Complementary or integrative medicine, on the other hand, usually means therapies used in conjunction with traditional treatments.
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