Eye cancer

What is eye cancer? Eye cancer develops when abnormal cells in your eye grow and divide in an uncontrolled way. In adults, it is usually caused by melanoma. Eye cancer can be quite hard to treat, but luckily it is rare in Australia. Many different cancers can affect the eyes or the muscles and tissue around the eye. Eye cancers are sometimes called ‘intraocular cancers’. Sometimes they start to grow in the eye itself, and sometimes they spread there from other cancers elsewhere in the body, such as the breast or lungs. What are the types of eye cancer? The most common