Hearing you have cancer can be frightening. When it involves a child, it can be even more heartbreaking. But learning more about childhood cancer can help save a life.
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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and it’s a good time to become educated on different forms of childhood cancer. For example, one type of cancer that affects children is called retinoblastoma. 
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Melanoma is a type of cancer usually associated with the skin. Did you know it also affects the eyes?
 
Ocular melanoma is a type of melanoma that  develops in the pigment cells in the eye.

According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, although ocular melanoma is rare, it is the most frequent type of eye cancer in adults.