The ocular tumors that are more serious include lymphomas, melanomas, and retinoblastomas.
Most often, patients show no symptoms, and the tumor is discovered incidentally during a routine eye examination. When symptoms do occur, the most common symptom of eye cancer is painless vision loss.
Treatment options include:
Treatment options include: chemotherapy, cryotherapy (freezing therapy), enucleation (removal of the eye), laser therapy, observation of slow-growing cancers, radiotherapy, surgery, and thermotherapy (heat therapy).
Possible complications include: recurrence of cancer or its spread, emotional and social difficulties, side effects of treatment, and permanent vision loss.