Golden glow baby Mason Page has his eye removed after Retinoblastoma
New Zealand baby Mason Page has surgery to remove his left eye in Auckland on Thursday - now doctors will analyse the eye to reveal whether it was Coats' disease or a rare form of cancer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chemosurgery Appears No Less Safe Than Enucleation in Advanced Eye CancerChemosurgery Appears No Less Safe Than Enucleation in Advanced Eye Cancer
Ophthalmic artery chemosurgery (OAC) for advanced-stage retinoblastoma appears at least as safe as enucleation, according to New York-based researchers. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Ophthalmology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Ophthalmology Headlines - July 27, 2015 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
AstraZeneca suffers setback as drug fails in eye cancer
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's much anticipated cancer drug pipeline suffered a modest blow on Wednesday when the experimental drug selumetinib failed to meet its goal in a late-stage trial for a rare cancer of the eye. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
New understanding of retinoblastoma proteins' role in cell death and cancer progression
A new review article focuses on RB role in apoptosis provides a comprehensive overview on the role of RB proteins in the coordinated control of cell decisions. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 2, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Gene modulation method may provide insight on regrowing inner-ear sensory hair cells
An expert in the biology and physiology of the inner ear has developed a method to temporally modify the expression of the retinoblastoma-1 gene in mice. Modulation of the RB1 gene can allow for the regrowth of cells in the inner ear and potentially restore hearing and balance caused by the loss of sensory hair cells. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 11, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Fintan Morley-Smith to have eyes removed or risk dying from cancer
At three months old Fintan Morley-Smith, from Buckinghamshire, was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer. At four his first eye was removed, and at six doctors removed his second eye. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 4, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New perspective on phantom eye syndrome
Approximately half of patients who have an eye removed because of a form of eye cancer experience `phantom eye syndrome,' new research concludes. Patients with the condition experience "seeing" and pain in the eye that is no longer there. Researchers assessed 179 patients whose eye had been removed as a result of a cancer, called intraocular melanoma. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 1, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
A new perspective on Phantom Eye Syndrome
(University of Liverpool) Researchers from the University of Liverpool have found that approximately half of patients who have an eye removed because of a form of eye cancer experience `phantom eye syndrome.' (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Aura Biosciences's AU-011 drug receives FDA orphan drug status for uveal melanoma
Biotech firm Aura Biosciences has received orphan drug designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its drug, AU-011, to treat patients with uveal melanoma. (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - May 21, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Stacey Sutherland spotted her son had eye cancer from iPhone photo
Stacey Sutherland, from Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, took a snap of toddler Zak as they enjoyed a ride on the Polar Express train in December and noticed whiteness in his left eye in the picture. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Toddler's tumour revealed by camera flash in picture
Stacey Sutherland's son diagnosed with retinoblastoma, rare type of eye cancer, after mother notices flash on picture shows white pupil (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - May 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: retinoblastoma Newcastle Stacey Sutherland eye cancer Royal Victoria Infirmary flash spots tumour Polar Express County Durham Source Type: news
Mom Catches 2-Year-Old???s Eye Cancer by Snapping Photo
In photos, there was a strange glow in Avery's eye. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Melanoma-Related Mortality Risk Persists Decades After Uveal TreatmentMelanoma-Related Mortality Risk Persists Decades After Uveal Treatment
The risk of melanoma-related mortality persists for decades after treatment of uveal melanoma with proton beam therapy, according to results from a retrospective study. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - April 29, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Uveal Melanoma: Evidence for Adjuvant TherapyUveal Melanoma: Evidence for Adjuvant Therapy
This review provides a summary of the evidence for the use of adjuvant therapy in treatment of uveal melanoma. International Ophthalmology Clinics (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology Journal Article Source Type: news
Murphy keeps smiling after losing an eye to cancer
Strangers often tell Christine and Bryan that their daughter Murphy has such big, beautiful eyes. What they don’t know is that one of her eyes is not real. “We just want to say, ‘You have no idea!’, but we just smile and say, ‘thank you!’”
Murphy before surgery
When Murphy was five months old, Christine noticed that her daughter’s right pupil looked a bit iridescent. As a neurological nurse, she knew what to do to test a patient’s eyesight: she covered her daughter’s right eye to no effect. But when she covered the left eye, “Murphy lost her mind.”
Christine called her local pediatrician and was see...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - April 7, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jenny Fernandez Tags: Cancer Our patients’ stories Ankoor Shah Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center MRI retinoblastoma Source Type: news
