Scientists Find Similar Survival Rates for Eye Cancer Therapies: Research Also Increases Nationwide Availability of Treatments

National Cancer Institute
Thursday, 12 July 2001

Researchers have found that the survival rates for two alternative treatments for primary eye cancer - radiation therapy and removal of the eye - are about the same. Prior to this finding, there was a question in the medical community as to whether either treatment might result in lower mortality. Also, as a consequence of this research, the capability of doctors nationwide to provide more accurate diagnoses and state-of-the-art treatments for eye cancer has been greatly expanded. Mortality data are compared in the July 2001 issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.

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