Eye Melanoma

Ashley McCrary - Living with Ocular Melanoma
Ashley McCrary - Living with Ocular Melanoma administrator 1 Views • 2 years ago

Ashley is a member of the Auburn cluster & a huge advocate for ocular melanoma & research for years!

here’s a little snippet of her story:

"I was first diagnosed when I was 42 years old. It was 2012 & I lived in Memphis, TN with my husband & 4 children, youngest was 7.

I had gone to the beach with family friends. My friend Jill, asked me about a black spot on my eye. I hadn't noticed it. I went into the bathroom & to my dismay there was an irregular black spot on my iris. I showed my husband, whose nickname for me was “Sweet eyes” & he had not noticed it either. I am ashamed to admit I went home & did nothing for about a month. I googled “change in iris color," but nothing alarming came up.

A month later, on my daughter’s birthday, my husband & I were invited to a dinner party—which we only attended since our daughter was spending time with a friend.

My husband was the administrator for an oncology group in Memphis and the dinner party was at one of the doctor’s house. While there, a friend asked me about the black spot. She had her husband look at it & he strongly suggested I see a doctor as soon as possible.

On Monday I made an appointment with a local Ophthalmologist, but being a new patient it was going to be three weeks till I could get in to see the doctor. I can not believe I am admitting this but I had never had an eye exam except during elementary school. The only “symptoms” I was having was occasional blurriness.

While running errands I saw a large sign outside a “Visionworks” that read, “FREE EYE EXAM” so I walked in & asked for an eye exam. The beautiful young Optometrist did her exam & recommended eye glasses. When she completed the exam I asked her, “What do you think about the black spot on my eye?” She sat back & said, “You do have a black spot on your eye. Let me make a phone call.” She said I needed a dialated eye exam & she got me into Dr. Mathews who was a local Ophtalmologist...& so my story really begins!"

Tune in Oct 21, 4:30 pm EST, to hear more about her diagnosis & treatment, & her journey with mets nearly a year ago this month.

CBS News report on rare eye cancer gets widespread response
CBS News report on rare eye cancer gets widespread response administrator 0 Views • 2 years ago

A CBS News report about a rare eye cancer affecting people in Georgia and North Carolina is getting reaction from around the world. Many people say they or someone they know has also been diagnosed with ocular melanoma. CBS News correspondent Anna Werner has the latest.

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Melanosis in Cats : Cat Health
Melanosis in Cats : Cat Health administrator 2 Views • 2 years ago

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Melanosis is a common term that applies to black spots in the iris of the eye. Find out about Melanosis in cats with help from a veterinarian with over 25 years of experience in this free video clip.

Expert: Dr. Kristen Nelson
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Bio: Dr. Kristen Nelson, after graduating from the University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine, completed a small animal internship at the prestigious Animal Medical Center in New York City.
Filmmaker: William Watters

Series Description: Cats can come down with a wide variety of different conditions, just like humans can. Find out about potential cat medical problems with help from a veterinarian with over 25 years of experience in this free video series.

3D printing in eye tumour treatment | MANDEEP SAGOO | TEDxLimassol
3D printing in eye tumour treatment | MANDEEP SAGOO | TEDxLimassol administrator 0 Views • 2 years ago

Tumours in ophthalmology are rare. The primary eye cancer found inside the eye in children is retinoblastoma and in adults is melanoma. Many advances have improved saving the eye and vision, but still the eye needs to be removed in a significant number of cases. Accepting loss of the eye physically and psychologically is challenging, and prosthetic eyes are handmade to give as normal an appearance as possible. In this talk I will describe modern technology that takes non-invasive optical scans of the socket and the normal eye and generates a 3D printed prosthetic eye, in the rehabilitation of patients that lose an eye. Mandeep Sagoo is Professor of Ophthalmology and Ocular Oncology at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with subspecialist interest in adult and pediatric eye tumours at the London Ocular Oncology Service at Moorfields Eye Hospital and the London Retinoblastoma Service at Royal London Hospital. He is the Programme Director for the MSc course in Ophthalmology at UCL/Moorfields.

Having graduated from Cambridge University, he undertook his residency in Ophthalmology at Oxford and then Moorfields Eye Hospital. His Fellowship training was in Ocular Oncology, as a Fulbright Scholar, under Dr Jerry Shields and Dr Carol Shields at Wills Eye Hospital and Medical Retina Fellowship at Moorfields. He holds over 20 academic awards and prizes, including the Gedge Prize of Cambridge University, John Glyn Young Fellows Prize of Royal Society of Medicine, PJ Hay Medal of the North of England Ophthalmology Society, the Syme Medal and the King James IV Professorship of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He has written 5 book chapters and over 150 academic papers. He is a Member of Macula Society, Council Member of Oxford Ophthalmological Congress and has served as Honorary Secretary of the International Society of Ocular Oncology. He has also had the honour of Visiting Professorship of Ophthalmology at Stanford University, USA. In November 2021, he led the clinical team that fitted a fully digitally engineered 3D printed ocular prosthetic
in a patient – a world first. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
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