Ocular melanoma is the cancer of the eyes, which is extremely rare, and hence not a lot of people are aware about its existence. It is essentially a malignant tumor that occurs from melanocytes -- ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Debbie Hensley, second from the right, shares a happy moment with her husband and nine grandchildren. "I need to be around a ...

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 ...

After tests, she was diagnosed with ocular melanoma, a rare cancer in the eye that has a high risk of metastasis Dashow tells PEOPLE she isn't in a high-risk group, and shares that she hopes others ...

Most people are familiar with melanoma in the skin, which is a very dangerous cancer that can spread from the skin to different parts of the body and cause death. Melanoma can also occur inside the ...

AUBURN, Ala. (WSFA) - May is Ocular Melanoma Awareness Month to bring more attention to a rare type of cancer that develops in the eye. It’s so rare, it only occurs in about 6 of every 1 million ...

NEW ORLEANS — You may remember several years ago, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco died from a form of skin cancer called melanoma. Hers was found in her eye. People who are diagnosed with this now ...

Will your melanoma be caught in time? A new campaign is calling on more doctors, particularly in states like Florida with ...

Like many people with a freckle in the back of their eye, Debbie Hensley never knew she had one — until it potentially threatened her life. The retired teacher went in for a routine eye exam in ...

Allie Dashow was preparing for graduating with her doctorate in clinical psychology when she learned she had the rare, risky cancer Allison Dashow began feeling pain in her eye right before graduating ...