"Eyes on a Cure": Patient and Caregiver Symposium - Part 2 - Carol Shields, MD, Jerry Shields, MD

Sponsored by the Melanoma Research Foundation's CURE OM initiative, "Eyes on a Cure" took place on June 16-17, 2012 at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. This session of the Patient Symposium occured June 16, 2012, 9:15-10:00am. Dr. Carol Shields, MD, and Dr. Jerry Shields, MD, of the Wills Eye Institute, discuss Primary Tumor Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis of Ocular Melanoma. Ocular Melanoma, or melanoma of the eye, is the most common primary eye tumor in adults. CURE OM's mission is to support research and accelerate the development of effective treatments and, ultimately, a cure for ocular melanoma.