Skipping chemotherapy after eyeball removal is linked to increased risks for cancer recurrence, metastasis, and death in children with retinoblastoma.

Imagine curing a life-threatening tumor by going through someone’s eye. That’s exactly what a team of surgeons did for a 19-year-old woman named Karla Flores — and it wasn’t for eye cancer. They ...

The parents of a toddler who was diagnosed with a rare eye cancer at the age of one have said they hope she will have “as close to a normal life as she can when she’s older”. Ava Grace, now three ...

When three-year-old Wilfie developed a squint, his parents had no idea of the devastating news they were about to receive. Carys and Richard Wham were told their son had eye cancer and had to choose ...

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 ...

Today, she inspires thousands on TikTok by embracing every version of herself and spreading positivity Melanie Wightman has always loved fashion — even as a kid, her days began with choosing a ...

A young Maryland woman is “relieved and recovering” after doctors performed a novel surgery to remove her potentially deadly cancerous tumors. A surgical team at the University of Maryland Medical ...

Retinoblastoma is the most common children’s eye cancer. There are two types, heritable and nonheritable. The heritable type affects both eyes and produces multiple tumors, while the nonheritable type ...

After receiving a cancer diagnosis, Jeff Abramowitz knew that he was going to lose his vision to the disease, but there was one thing it wouldn't take from him—his determination and optimism. Back in ...

Melanie Wightman developed ocular melanoma, a rare eye cancer that develops in pigment-producing cells of the eye Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working ...