What is Eye cancer?

What is Eye cancer?

• Eye cancer: A malignancy that affects the eye.

Eye cancer: Introduction

Types of Eye cancer:

Broader types of Eye cancer:

• Cancer
• Eye conditions
• more types...»

How many people get Eye cancer?

Incidence (annual) of Eye cancer: 2,200 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate: eye and orbit)
Incidence Rate of Eye cancer: approx 1 in 123,636 or 0.00% or 2,200 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Eye cancer?

Deaths for Eye cancer: 180 estimated deaths for eye/orbit cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)

What causes Eye cancer?

Causes of Eye cancer: see causes of Eye cancer

What are the symptoms of Eye cancer?

Symptoms of Eye cancer: see symptoms of Eye cancer

Can anyone else get Eye cancer?

Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.

Eye cancer: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Eye cancer.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Eye cancer.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Eye cancer: see treatments for Eye cancer
Research for Eye cancer: see research for Eye cancer

Society issues for Eye cancer

Hospitalization statistics for Eye cancer: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Eye cancer:

• 0.018% (2,308) of hospital consultant episodes were for malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 96% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 53% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 47% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 15% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Eye cancer:

Organs and body systems related to Eye cancer include:

• Eye

Name and Aliases of Eye cancer

Main name of condition: Eye cancer

Class of Condition for Eye cancer: cancer

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Eye cancer:

• Retinoblastoma
• Squamous cell carcinoma
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• Vision loss

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