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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rebecca Whittaker

Man who went to opticians for reading glasses diagnosed with melanoma

A father-of-four who went for routine eye test was left with a devastating terminal cancer diagnosis – despite never having any symptoms.

Jez Bridges, 59, from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, was told by doctors he had uveal melanoma in July 2025, a rare type of eye cancer which affects just 750 people a year in the UK.

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