Cancer is scary. When you or your loved one is diagnosed, you need information, and you need the best physicians in the Kansas City area. Sabates Eye Centers provides both.
Our ophthalmologists give you and your family all the information and support you need while you learn about the disease, its symptoms and the treatments available. Our ocular oncology (eye cancer) specialists take a multidisciplinary approach to adult and childhood tumors inside or on the eye, the eyelid or lacrimal glands.
Our oncology doctors are among the most prestigious physicians in the field to treat choroidal melanoma, retinoblastoma, lymphoma and other cancers, surgically or with proven treatments. From brachytherapy using localized radiation to cryotherapy to intra-arterial chemotherapy for our pediatric patients, we handle it all using leading-edge technology.
Risk factors for ocular melanoma are similar to the risk factors for skin melanoma: light eye color, moles, excessive sun exposure and exposure to UV radiation. For other kinds of ocular cancer, autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis or HIV are risk factors.
