Toddler diagnosed with rare cancer after common viral illness has eye removed

The parents of a toddler who was diagnosed with a rare eye cancer at the age of one have said they hope she will have “as ...

'Our daughter's eye changed in matter of hours before diagnosis left us in tears'

The uncommon cancer strikes between 40 and 50 people annually, typically children under five, and has resulted in Ava losing ...

Baby Ava’s eye changed when she caught a bug – it was the first sign she had cancer as devastated parents give warning

AVA Grace had been a happy and healthy toddler, but everything changed when she was 14-months-old. After catching hand, foot ...
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Miracle surgery: Doctors remove a hard-to-reach spinal tumor through the eye of a patient

Imagine curing a life-threatening tumor by going through someone’s eye. That’s exactly what a team of surgeons did for a 19-year-old woman named Karla Flores — and it wasn’t for eye cancer. They ...

I thought I had something stuck in my eye and didn’t think much of it – now I’ve LOST an eyeball

SARAH Walter assumed she just had something stuck in her eye when she felt her vision become a “little bit blurry”. It wasn’t ...
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Local 6-year-old girls who survived eye cancer will be biking for a cause

CLEVELAND (WJW) – This weekend, two young girls from Northeast Ohio will be pedaling with a purpose. Six-year-olds Hannah and Lyla are both survivors of a rare and aggressive childhood eye cancer ...
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Rare cancer threatened son's vision – but he beat the odds thanks to mom's experience and proactivity

A South Florida baby has beaten the odds after a rare eye cancer threatened his eyes and vision. His mother is drawing strength from her own childhood battle with the same disease. “He’s pretty funny.