Eye Cancer
By: Hunter Cunningham
What is Cancer?
What is Eye Cancer?
Questions
1) How many cells do we have in our body?
100 Billion
2) What is a stem cell? How does a liver cell differ from a stomach cell?
A undifferentiated cell of a multi cellular organism that is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of same type.
3) What is a cell’s main purpose in life?
To make up DNA
4) How does cancer get started? (carcinogenesis?)
Cancer starts when cells in a part of the body start to grow out of control.
5) What is a mistake in a cell’s genetic information called?
A mutation
6) How does a cell usually deal with these mistakes?
The cell starts to slowly die.
7) What is apoptosis?
The death of cells that occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organism's growth or development.
8) What is the key to preventing and treating cancer?
To prevent or treat cancer you usually go through a cancer treatment.
Citations
Eye melanoma. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2015, from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/eye-melanoma/basics/definition/con-20027875
What Is Cancer? (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2015, from http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/what-is-cancer
More Questions!
What part of the body does it affect?
Its affects the eye.
What specific things/exposures can lead to this type of cancer?
Melanoma of the eye is more common in people with light eyes, people with a lot of moles, and possibly in people who have had too much exposure to sunlight.
What are the symptoms, how do you know you have it? What are the effects?
- bulging of one eye (apoptosis)
- total or partial loss of vision or blurred vision.
- pain in or around your eye, although this is rare.
- a change in the appearance of the eye or surrounding tissues.
What are the treatments, what is the survival rate for people with this type of cancer?
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Laser therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Targeted therapy
The survival rate is 97%.