No known cause Uveal melanoma develops from cells called melanocytes, which are found in the middle layer of tissue in the wall of the eyeball (uvea). There is no known cause, but it is not ...

Uveal melanoma is the most common primary malignancy of the eye and frequently leads to metastatic death. Until the mid-20th Century, the only treatment for uveal melanoma was enucleation. Since ...

ROCHESTER, Minnesota — Mayo Clinic researchers have developed organoid models to study uveal melanoma, one of the most common types of eye cancer in adults. Their goal is to use these ...

Uveal melanoma, which develops from cells in the middle layer of the eye, known as the uvea, is thought to affect between 500 and 600 people in the UK each year. Tebentafusp, sold under the brand ...

Tebentafusp – sold under the brand name Kimmtrak – is the first treatment of its kind for uveal melanoma, which develops from cells in the middle layer of the eye, known as the uvea.

Tebentafusp (Kimmtrak, Immunocore) is indicated 'as monotherapy for the treatment of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)‑A*02:01-positive adult patients with unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma'. The ...