title: A retrospective analysis of primary eye cancer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham 1958-1988. Part I: Eye and orbital cancer.
abstract: Records of 99 patients with 100 primary eye cancers seen at the University of Alabama Hospital for the years 1958-1988 were reviewed. Three ocular cancers were found to predominate: 1) choroidal melanoma, 2) retinoblastoma, and 3) squamous cell carcinoma. Epidemiologic distribution of the population is presented and compared to that of tumors commonly seen in general ophthalmic practice.
authors.affiliation: School of Optometry, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cloud
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000407:Alabama / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003710:Demography; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate