enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Intraocular lymphoma - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intraocular_lymphoma

    Intraocular lymphoma is a rare malignant form of eye cancer. Intraocular lymphoma may affect the eye secondarily from a metastasis from a non-ocular tumor or may arise within the eye primarily (primary intraocular lymphoma, PIOL). PIOL is a subset of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL).

  3. Cancer associated retinopathy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_associated_retinopathy

    Cancer Associated Retinopathy (CAR) also known as Carcinoma Associated Retinopathy is an immune-mediated disease affecting the retina of the eye. It is a paraneoplastic type autoimmune retinopathy associated with cancer that can cause blindness. It can be seen in association with various types of cancers.

  4. Orbital lymphoma - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_lymphoma

    Orbital lymphoma is a common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that occurs near or on the eye. Common symptoms include decreased vision and uveitis. Orbital lymphoma can be diagnosed via a biopsy of the eye and is usually treated with radiotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy.

  5. Autoimmune retinopathy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimmune_retinopathy

    Cancer-associated retinopathy is commonly linked with cancers such as lung cancer and breast cancer, which trigger an autoimmune response due to malignant cells. In these cases, the immune system produces antibodies targeting retinal proteins, leading to retinal degeneration and overall vision loss.

  6. Uveal melanoma - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uveal_melanoma

    Uveal melanoma is a type of eye cancer in the uvea of the eye. [3] It is traditionally classed as originating in the iris, choroid, and ciliary body, but can also be divided into class I (low metastatic risk) and class II (high metastatic risk). [3] Symptoms include blurred vision, loss of vision, and photopsia, but there may be no symptoms. [4]

  7. Signs and symptoms of cancer - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signs_and_symptoms_of_cancer

    Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [3] [4] Cancer can be difficult to diagnose because its signs and symptoms are often nonspecific, meaning they may be general phenomena that do not point directly to a specific disease process.

  8. Eye neoplasm - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_neoplasm

    An eye neoplasm is a tumor of the eye. [1] A rare type of tumor, [2] eye neoplasms can affect all parts of the eye, and can either be benign or malignant , in which case it is known as eye cancer. [3] Eye cancers can be primary (starts within the eye) or metastatic cancer (spread to the eye from another organ

  9. Cancer treatment - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_treatment

    Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment. [1] Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy including small-molecule drugs or monoclonal antibodies, [2] and PARP inhibitors such as olaparib. [3]