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= //__Eye Cancer:__// There are 3 parts of the eye to know about, the eyeball (Globe), the orbit, and the adnexal structure. = = = = The eyeball is the main part of the eye, the white part of the eye filled with a jelly like substance. = = = = The orbit is tissue surrounding the eyeball, they are the muscles that make the eyeball move. Cancer around this area is called orbital cancers. = = = = The Retina is the cells in the back of the eye which are made up of specialized nerve cells which are sensitive to light. = = = = Cancers of the eye include primary intraocular cancer which are cancers that start in the inside of the eye. There's also secondary intraocular cancer that spread to the eye from another part of the body. Lastly there's intraocular melanoma which is in the eye of adults, and is the most common type of eye cancer. = = __Treatment:__ Treatment for eye cancer is treatable, but can result in the loss of vision. Some doctors try to preserve vision but sometimes it is not best. Laser Therapy, Raditation Therapy and Chemotherapy are all treatments. = = = = = = = ="ACS :: What Is Eye Cancer?." __American Cancer Society :: Information and Resources for Cancer: Breast, Colon, Prostate, Lung and Other Forms__. 29 Oct. 2009 <http://www.cancer.org/docroot =

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1. One point that I learned on your page that I did not know before was: I learned that the cancer starts on the inside of the eye. 2. The page you created was informative or interesting because: It had alot of information and had alot of pictures about how the cancer is ini the eye 3. How I can use this information in my life now or in the future is... If i ever get eye cancer i will know the symptoms and i will know what it looks like. 4. I would still like to know more about.... Can you ever get rid of it and is it curable and if you get rid of it can you get it back. By: KK

1. One thing i did not know before was that cancer could develope in the eye. 2. The page you created was informative or interesting because the pictures were interesting 3. I could use this information in my life now in the future is 4. I would like to know how to treat it M.J.S

​ I learned that there was eye cancer! I did not know that there was such a thing as eye cancer! ZH

1. One point that I learned on your page that I did not know before was:that there is cancer that can develope in your eye and more than one kind 2. The page you created was informative or interesting because:i didn`t know there was eye cancer 3. How I can use this information in my life now or in the future is...that there is eye cancer and i might know somone who has it 4. I would still like to know more about...what can be done to treat it K.C.