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Where this eye cancer information comes from

On this page are the major sources of information that we used to put together the eye cancer section

 

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Cancer specialists and surgeons who specialise in treating cancer check all our information. The names of our specialist reviewers are at the end of this list. We also try to find patients to review all our sections. If you have had a head and neck cancer, live in the UK, and would like to become a patient reviewer, you can write to us by clicking on contact us.

 

Websites

Cancer Research UK
CancerStats Series

US National Cancer Institute
Information on the treatment of intraocular (eye) melanoma

The American Cancer Society
Information about eye cancer

The NHS artificial eye service
Information about eye prosthesis

 

Books

Cancer and its management (6th edition)
Tobias J and Hochhauser D
Wiley-Blackwell 2010

Principles and practice of oncology (8th edition)
De Vita, V.T., Lawrence, T.S and Rosenberg, S.A.
Lipponcott, Wiliams, Wilkins, 2008

 

UK guidelines

Referral for suspected cancer. A clinical practice guideline.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), June 2005
Link to the referral guidelines on the NICE website

 

Articles and reviews

Plaque Radiotherapy for Residual or Recurrent Iris Melanoma after Surgical Resection in 32 Cases. SU Shah and others. Ophthalmology. 2011 Nov 29. [Epub ahead of print]

Treatment selection for uveal melanoma. BE Damato. Developments in opthalmology. 2012;49:16-26. Epub 2011 Oct 21.

Clinical Survey of 3680 Iris Tumors Based on Patient Age at Presentation. CL Shields and others. Ophthalmology. 2011 Oct 27. [Epub ahead of print]

Collaborative ocular melanoma study randomized trial of I-125 brachytherapy. BS Hawkins. Clinical Trials. 2011;8(5):661-73.

 

Specialist reviewers

Professor Ian Rennie MBChB, FRCS, FRCOphth – Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Susan, Sheffield UK – Patient reviewer

 

Diagrams

Dee McLean – McDee Art, Medical Illustration

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