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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Mitchell

Eye cancer charity calls on NHS to fund treatment that boosts survival rates

A charity which supports patients with the most common form of eye cancer is calling on the NHS to end its “devastating” failure to fund a treatment which can “significantly boost survival.”

Around 750 cases of ocular – or uveal – melanoma are diagnosed in the UK every year and around 50% of these lead to a secondary cancer, known as metastases.

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