Melanoma occurs in the uvea, which encompasses a number of regions in the eye, including the choroid and the iris. The most common type of eye cancer, melanoma typically affects people from middle age on and has symptoms such as flashing lights, blurred vision, and floaters. As it carries with it the risk of metastasis to the liver, lung and rarely skin, patients are recommended to undergo lifelong systemic monitoring.
Common melanoma treatments include Plaque radiation treatment, proton beam radiation, enucleation or TTT as an adjunctive treatment. In cases where metastasis has occurred, regimens of chemotherapy and immunotherapy may be recommended in clinical trials. Dr Cameron Javid is actively involved in over a dozen clinical trials. Dr Javid has current trials available for metastasis from eye melanoma.