Up-to-date information and resources for ocular melanoma patients and their families
Up-to-date information and resources for ocular melanoma patients and their families
Up-to-date information and resources for ocular melanoma patients and their families
Up-to-date information and resources for ocular melanoma patients and their families
EyeMelanoma.org highlights both ocular melanoma educational materials and patient support resources available on the internet.
Ocular melanoma is a rare cancer that begins in the cells that make the pigment (melanin) in the eye. Both of the terms Eye Melanoma and Ocular Melanoma are used more broadly to describe this type of eye cancer. (Ocular means "of the eye.") There are also more specific medical terms that are used based on the location of the eye tumor:
Illustration provided with permission from National Institutes of Health's National Eye Institute.
Patient Empowerment • Hope • Informed Decision Making
As healthcare professionals, my sister and I always believed strongly in creating environments that support patient empowerment, hope, and informed decision making. We then found ourselves needing to personally apply this same approach when she was diagnosed with ocular melanoma.
And so it was in her honor that EyeMelanoma.org was established in 2011 as a website focused specifically on providing patients and their families with online links to useful resources and to accurate up-to-date information on this rare cancer.
The EyeMelanoma.org website is very much meant to be a place of encouragement. I hope that when using the links to educational videos, patient guides, support services, medical journal articles, clinical trials, organizations, and the many other types of resources compiled here, you are heartened by the continuously expanding work being done in ocular melanoma research, treatment, and support by truly dedicated people.
Wishing everyone strength and healing,
Erica Barrett, MOT, MBA
In loving honor of my sister Paula
Resources on One or More Pages Were Added or Updated on August 9, 2022
Email: Erica@EyeMelanoma.org
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