Ocular Melanoma Advocacy Groups Provide Wealth of Information to Patients, Caregivers on This Rare Cancer
Source: Cure Today, October 2022
Advocacy groups helped one patient with ocular melanoma — and many others — learn more about their disease and treatment, as well as a place to connect about their experiences.
When a patient is diagnosed with a rare cancer like ocular melanoma, it may be easy to feel alone throughout the journey, but advocacy groups can provide the community one needs to obtain both support and pertinent information.
Although ocular melanoma is the most common primary cancer of the eye, it is a rare form of cancer that is diagnosed in approximately 2,500 people in the U.S. per year, according to the National Organization for Rare Disorders.