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HOW EYE CANCER CAN BE SEEN IN YOUR EYES
Our eyes say a lot about our health. Although the eye bottom examination can provide information about the signs of various types of cancer, it also plays a big role in the initial diagnosis for many other diseases. Prof. Dr. He also warned about the most common type of cancer in the eye.
What information can the eye bottom examination give us? Our eyes can also be the most important harbinger of diseases in different parts of our body. It is vital that the signs of many diseases, from breast cancer to prostate cancer, from blood cancer to lung cancer, are detected during eye examinations.
In our country, 170,000 new cases of cancer are seen every year, while the number of those who live with these diseases is increasing every day. About 400,000 cancer patients are seen in our country Dünyagöz Prof. Dr. draws attention to the importance of raising awareness of our society about the disease on February 4, World Cancer Day, and the importance of early diagnosis. Prof. Dr., routine eye examinations; sugar, high blood pressure, immune system disorders, as well as different diseases, early and initial diagnosis in cancer cases underlines that it plays a big role.
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IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT EVEN LUNG CANCER
Our eyes contain great clues about today’s disease, cancer. Prof. Dr. emphasizes that many lesions can be seen at the bottom of the eye, these lesions can be part of a systemic cancer, as well as malignant tumors that themselves originate from the eye. In addition to simple ailments such as myopia, farsightedness and Strabismus, the early diagnosis of important cancer types such as melanoma in the eye, sometimes lung, prostate, lymph, breast and skin cancer can also be detected. Prof. Dr. advises everyone to have regular eye exams.
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BEWARE OF EYE FLASHES
Since young children and infants cannot report eye problems until the age of 7-8 years, it is of great importance that eye examinations are not neglected until this age. In particular, white flashes observed in the pupils of babies can be a harbinger of intraocular cancer called retinoblastoma. 95% of this condition is detected thanks to examinations of children before the age of 5, while its main symptoms stand out as white glare and Strabismus in the pupils.
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WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON INTRAOCULAR CANCER?
Although choroid melanoma, the most common tumor in adults, manifests itself with symptoms such as poor vision, flashes of light in the eye, black shadows and curved vision, no symptoms can be observed in a third of patients with this condition. Turkish Prof. Dr. warns that the absence of any complaints in the patient makes it impossible for a person without routine eye examinations to notice the disease.
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HOW IS EYE CANCER TREATED IN OCULAR ONCOLOGY CLINIC TURKEY HOSPITALS?
Radioactive plaque therapy, which is the most advanced and gold standard technology for the treatment of Intraocular Tumors, is used to treat choroid melanoma, especially common in adults. The effectiveness of plaques applied with stitches to the sclera, the hard white layer on the outside of the eye, is also directly proportional to the experience of the Turkish doctor performing the operation. Radioactive plaque application is prepared according to the needs of the patient, special computer programs are used in its application.
Prof. Dr. Dünya Göz notes that the examination of the pupil by enlarging the pupil allows the early detection of many good or malignant tumors. Regularly conducting these examinations, which can sometimes be life-saving, further increases the severity of the incident. Turkey Medicals exclusive hospital member Ocular Oncology Clinic, Prof. Dr. founded under leadership continues its service as the first center in Turkey that uses most advanced technologies in private institutions in the fight against eye cancers for worldwide patients with high success.
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