India Achieves Breakthrough In Treatment Of Eye Cancer
India has been able to develop cutting-edge technology in the treatment of eye cancer. This will be a big boon to the common people. Also, the technique is cost-effective. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai has developed an Eye Cancer therapy in the form of the first indigenous Ruthenium 106 Plaque for treatment of Ocular Tumours. Eye tumours, also known as ocular tumours, are tumours associated with the eye. A tumour is a collection of cells that grows abnormally, and it can be malignant (cancerous) or benign (non-cancerous). The most common type of eye tumour is metastatic—this is a secondary tumour caused by cancer that has spread from one part of the body to another, often coming from the lung, breast, bowel, or prostate. Although rare, ocular melanoma is the most common primary adult tumour that forms in the eye. It is sometimes called "uveal" melanoma or "choroidal" melanoma. It forms from pigmented cells in the eye and occurs in three main areas...