Question:
My brother was just diagnosed with eye cancer. He has a white growth on his eye, how can this be treated?
Answer:
A whitish cancerous growth on the surface on the eye is most likely a form of squamous cell carcinoma, a rare tumor that starts in the clear membrane that covers the white part of the eye. It can be very superficial (conjuctival intraepithelial neoplasia with hyperkeratosis) or it can be invasive (squamous cell carcinoma with leukoplakia); but in either case it must be treated by an Eye M.D. Possible treatments include surgical removal, freezing the tumor, or anticancer drugs such as mitomycin and 5-fluorouracil. This is a serious condition. However, with early treatment, most of these tumors can be successfully eliminated.
Answered by:
Lee Duffner, MD Categories: Eye Diseases,
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