What is ocular melanoma?

Ocular melanoma is a cancer (melanoma) of the eye involving the iris, ciliary body, conjunctiva, or choroid (collectively referred to as the uvea).

How do members experience ocular melanoma?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with ocular melanoma*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for ocular melanoma*

Who has ocular melanoma on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 2
30s 6
40s 8
50s 18
60s 26
70+ 20

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 24
Female 56

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What is ocular melanoma?

Ocular melanoma is a cancer (melanoma) of the eye involving the iris, ciliary body, conjunctiva, or choroid (collectively referred to as the uvea).



Common symptoms reported by people with ocular melanoma

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for ocular melanoma

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Compare treatments taken by people with ocular melanoma

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have ocular melanoma through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with ocular melanoma? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has ocular melanoma on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 74 say ocular melanoma is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 2
30s 6
40s 8
50s 18
60s 26
70+ 20
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 0
20-29 years 3
30-39 years 6
40-49 years 7
50-59 years 14
60-69 years 2
70+ years 1

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 24
Female 56

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 42
Not Diagnosed 2

These charts show data from ocular melanoma patients who have completed their condition history
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