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Plaque Radiotherapy Plaque Radiotherapy is one of the most common methods used for treating malignant melanoma involving the inner coats of the eye (uveal melanoma). It is available as a treatment for both small and medium size melanomas, and allows the patient to...
Pterygium A pterygium is a benign (not cancerous) overgrowth of tissue on the surface of the eye. It may in part be due to damage to the surface tissues of the eye from long term exposure to sunlight. A pterygium starts growing near the limbus (the border area between...
Mitomycin C Mitomycin C is a chemotherapy agent that is used to treat other forms of internal cancer elsewhere in the body. In yourself, it is only being used on the surface of the eye either to try and prevent the high risk of recurrence following surgical excision...
Beta Radiotherapy Beta Radiotherapy acts by stopping multiplication of rapidly dividing cancer cells that may have been left behind following surgical excision of the lesion. Beta Radiotherapy is more penetrating than Mitomycin C and is able to destroy invasive cancer...
