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    Uveal melanoma is a type of eye cancer in the uvea of the eye. It is traditionally classed as originating in the iris, choroid, and ciliary body, but can...
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    intestines, or eye (uveal melanoma). In women, melanomas most commonly occur on the legs; while in men, on the back. Melanoma is frequently referred...
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    Uvea (redirect from Uveal tract)
    (/ˈjuːviə/; derived from Latin: uva meaning "grape"), also called the uveal layer, uveal coat, uveal tract, vascular tunic or vascular layer, is the pigmented middle...
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  • melanoma tumors of the eye. Ocular melanoma is a term commonly used to describe tumors of the uveal tract such as uveal melanoma, choroidal melanoma,...
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    childhood neuroblastoma; ovarian cancer; mammary adenocarcinoma; and uveal melanoma. It is taken by mouth or by injection into a vein. Common side effects...
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  • melanosis (PAM), of which the latter is considered a risk factor for uveal melanoma. The disease is caused by an increase of melanocytes in the iris, choroid...
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    melanoma is greater than 50%. The pathophysiology of choroidal melanoma (a type of uveal melanoma), is not well understood. However, several molecular mechanisms...
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    Oliver Sacks (category Deaths from uveal melanoma)
    laureate Robert Aumann. Sacks underwent radiation therapy in 2006 for a uveal melanoma in his right eye. He discussed his loss of stereoscopic vision caused...
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  • the brand name Kimmtrak, is an anti-cancer medication used to treat uveal melanoma (eye cancer). Tebentafusp is a bispecific gp100 peptide-HLA-directed...
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    but not in another A study found no association between alcohol and uveal melanoma. A systematic review found evidence that light drinking may decrease...
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    Harbour's clinical practice focuses on intraocular tumors, including uveal (ocular) melanoma, retinoblastoma, lymphoma and other neoplasms. His field of research...
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    iris may indicate the presence of a uveitis, and an increased risk of uveal melanoma has been found in those with blue, green or gray eyes. However, a study...
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    molecular genetics of cancers, with particular interests in uveal melanoma, conjunctival melanoma, intraocular and ocular adnexal lymphomas and CNS lymphoma...
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  • Rio Hackford (category Deaths from uveal melanoma)
    Jacks, El Matador, and Pal's Lounge. Hackford died in April 2022 of uveal melanoma in Sunset Beach, California, at the age of 51. Saperstein, Pat (April...
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    adult patients with unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma. Utilizing the same technology, melanoma (with MCSP specific BiTEs) and acute myeloid leukemia...
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    found in hemangiomas are also associated with port-wine stains and uveal melanoma. As--the mostly juvenile--Waterhouse Friedrichsen Syndrome is caused...
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    control) than conventional radiotherapy. These include, among others, uveal melanoma (ocular tumor), skull base and paraspinal tumor (chondrosarcoma and...
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    accompanies phantom eye symptoms (PES) in patients undergoing enucleation for uveal melanoma. While the exact nature of this relationship is complex, studies suggest...
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  • HLA-A*02:01-positive adult patients with unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma. Immunocore's other pipeline programs include IMC-C103C, an ImmTAC candidate...
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  • most important genetic alteration associated with poor prognosis in uveal melanoma is loss of an entire copy of Chromosome 3 (Monosomy 3), which is strongly...
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    (removal of the maxilla). Cancer of the eye, such as retinoblastoma and uveal melanoma Congenital cystic eye End-stage glaucoma Phthisis bulbi In cases of...
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    Ned Eisenberg (category Deaths from uveal melanoma)
    Ned Eisenberg (January 13, 1957 – February 27, 2022) was an American actor known for his recurring role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Roger Kressler...
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    in their BAP1 gene are at higher risk of developing mesothelioma and uveal melanoma. Erionite is a zeolite mineral with similar properties to asbestos and...
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  • Claude Jade (category Deaths from uveal melanoma)
    autobiography Baisers envolés in 2004. On 1 December 2006, Jade died of uveal melanoma, which had metastasised to metastatic liver disease. She wore a prosthetic...
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    (January 2010). "The PI3K/Akt and mTOR/P70S6K signaling pathways in human uveal melanoma cells: interaction with B-Raf/ERK". Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual...
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    the uveal melanoma patients, suggesting that, besides being a metastasis suppressor, BAP1 could predispose certain people to more aggressive uveal melanoma...
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    to lung cancer. Choroidal metastases should be differentiated from uveal melanoma, where the latter is a primary tumour arising from the choroid itself...
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    growth of GNAQ mutated uveal melanoma cell lines. Furthermore, preliminary results suggest that selumetinib treatment of uveal melanoma patients can result...
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  • include uveal melanoma (failed), and differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Trametinib (GSK1120212), FDA-approved to treat BRAF-mutated melanoma. Also studied...
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  • The Gαq / Gα11 (Q209L) mutation is associated with the development of uveal melanoma and its pharmacological inhibition (cyclic depsipeptide FR900359 inhibitor)...
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