New genetic test predicts risk of metastasis in patients with deadly eye cancer
15th Nov 2006, 05:33 GMT
Doctors at UCLA's Jules Stein Eye Institute have pioneered the first technique to biopsy tumor tissue from the living eye and test it for a genetic marker linked to aggressive metastasis. The new test is life-changing, because ocular melanoma doesn't just cause blindness -- it can kill you in as quickly as a year.
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