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UT Southwestern Medical Center’s ocular oncologists use the latest diagnostic technologies for eye cancer. They work closely with other medical, surgical and radiation oncologists and utilize the latest state-of-the-art treatment modalities.
Eye cancer is relatively rare. Some ocular cancers originate in the eye, but many eye cancers spread to the eye from another part of the body; for instance, some originate as melanomas. Most ocular cancers occur in people older than 50.
Some of the eye cancers treated at UT Southwestern include:
- Choroidal tumors (hemangioma, metastasis, nevus melanoma)
- Conjunctival tumors
- Eyelid tumors
- Iris tumors
- Lacrimal gland tumors
- Optic nerve tumors
- Orbital tumors
- Retina tumors, such as retinoblastinoma
- Tumors metastatic to the eye
- Tumors of the optic nerve
- Tumors related to leukemia and lymphoma
Please visit the Health Library to learn more about ocular oncology.
