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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 -- ...

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 ...

Researchers at Queen Mary's Barts Cancer Institute have found a more active approach to monitoring and treating people with a rare eye cancer (known as uveal melanoma) that has spread to the liver ...

Uveal melanoma (UM) is a rare cancer that develops in the pigment-producing cells within the uveal layer (uvea), which is the middle layer of the eye. UM is also known as intraocular melanoma. Early ...

Melanoma is a type of cancer that mainly starts in your skin but can begin at other sites too. There are several types of melanoma, each with its own specific features and outlook. Melanoma is cancer ...

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 ...