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Cancer associated retinopathy

7 December 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Abdul Muhyemin Tarin reviews the presentation, pathophysiology and management of this paraneoplastic syndrome. Case presentation A 60-year-old hypermetropic female patient presented with several months’ history of painless blurred vision. Visual acuity (VA) was 6/24 and 6/9-1 in right and left...

Retinoblastoma – the challenges of a rare cancer and the role of international partnerships

4 October 2023 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Introduction: the global challenge The global burden of retinoblastoma (Rb) is one in 15,000-18,000 live births, which equates to 8000 new cases worldwide each year. The global disparities in Rb outcome represent a paradigm of health inequality worldwide [1]. In...

A phase 3 randomised trial of nicotinamide for skin cancer chemoprevention

1 December 2015 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit
To B3, or not to B3? That was the question asked in this controlled trial in which the authors were able to show that oral nicotinamide (vitamin B3) is able to reduce further skin cancer development in high risk patients....

A novel integrated practice unit (IPU) approach to periocular skin cancer management

4 December 2023 | | Oculoplastics, COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the biggest challenges to face NHS workers. However, history has repeatedly shown that times of difficulty can result in the development of significant social and technological advances. We describe our own experience of this...

An eye on novel anti-cancer agents: an evidence-based approach to external eye assessment

5 April 2022 | | Ophthalmology, Cornea / External Eye Disease
Novel anti-cancer therapies have led to significant advancement in cancer treatment, however, they can be associated with external eye complications. It is important to be mindful of such adverse effects during assessment of patients enrolled in clinical trials. Annually, approximately...

Optimising Nutrition in the Person with Cancer

6 November 2024

SITC (Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer) Annual Meeting 2019

6 November 2019 -10 November 2019 | Urologic Oncology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Genetics, Breast Surgery, Basic Science Research

A User Guide to Cancer Immunotherapy Conference 2024

4 December 2024

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About: The Role of Radiology in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment 2025

18 June 2025

The results of the last survey Aug 2019

1 October 2019 | | Cataract and Refractive, Ophthalmology
Thank you once again for participating in the survey. Some fascinating results once again. Almost one in five of us do not cancel cataract surgery on the day if the blood pressure (BP) is high, which I am surprised about....

The results of the last survey Dec22

1 December 2022 | | Ophthalmology
I am regularly faced with litigation whereby the claimant’s cornea has decompensated after cataract surgery. The procedure may have been complicated but sometimes it is not. The eye may have been high risk, for example, a shallow anterior chamber with...

VISION 2020 LINKS: Retinoblastoma 
in Africa

1 October 2015 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The VISION 2020 LINKS Programme is part of the ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’ global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness [1]. The LINKS Programme works with overseas eye departments to help identify priorities and match their priority needs with...