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Fewer malignant conjunctival tumors seen in children
PHILADELPHIA – Conjunctival tumors in children statistically are more often benign than those in adults and can be differentiated by using a set of markers, a speaker said at the Wills Eye Conference.While a recent analysis of 5,000 conjunctival tumors found 50% to be benign and 50% to be premalignant or malignant, the study did not take age into consideration, Carol L. Shields, MD, said. Therefore, a new analysis conducted with 806 cases of conjunctival tumors occurring in children was completed, which showed that only 3% of their tumors were (Read more...)