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When we think of cancer, we think of the lungs, the breast, and the liver; rarely do we think of the eye. And yet eye cancer is real, it is often silent, and in many cases, it is completely treatable if caught in time.
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Dr P Vijay Anand Reddy has spent over four decades making sure it gets screened in time. He speaks about how to identify and treat eye cancer.
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"Most people, whenever we talk about eye cancer, ask — Do we get cancer in the eye too? So yes, awareness is the fundamental problem."
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There is one gene called the RB1 gene Cancer develops if that gene mutates or transforms. It happens in children because retinal development starts very early, from birth to the first three to five years of life.
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"When you take a photograph of your child — even with a phone — and you see a white spot in the centre of one eye or both eyes instead of the usual dark appearance, that is when you suspect something is wrong and come to a doctor."