What are the treatments for eye cancer?
The treatment depends on how far advanced the tumor is. If the tumor is in the advanced stages and there is little hope of regaining vision the most effective treatment is an enucleation, the removal of the eye. Enucleation obviously is a drastic treatment and is avoided if possible. Other eye surgeries include the following: • choroidectomy: removal of part of the choroid, • iridectomy: removal of part of the iris, • iridocyclectomy: removal of parts of the ciliary body and parts of iris. • iridotrabeculectomy: removal of parts of the supporting tissues around the cornea and iris. In eye cancer where the tumor is small and there is a good chance that the vision will be restored less drastic measures than the above surgeries are taken. Radiation and chemotherapy are two courses of treatment that help in killing off the existing tumor and preventing its spread into other areas of the body. Specific anticancer drugs that are used in treating melanomas of the eye include gemcitabine and t
