Welcome to the World of Ocular Oncology.

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Margo

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Intraocular tumors of any type are uncommon. The most common primary malignant tumor of the eye, uveal melanoma, occurs in 7 persons per million population per year -less than one tenth the incidence of lung cancer. Retinoblastoma occurs as a childhood disease approximately as frequently as hemophilia. These two intraocular tumors, related only by anatomic proximity, have very different histories.

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