08/18/2019 The First Eye Cancer Working Day- Completed! The First Eye Cancer Working Day was located at The Curie Institute, Paris, France, on June 15th, 2015. It was sponsored by The Eye Cancer Foundation, The Curie Institute and the American Joint Committee on Cancer...
04/17/2019 ECF Research Wins Best of IJO Award! In January of 2018, ECF fellow Dr. Sonal Chaugule, alongside Dr. Paul Finger and Dr. J. Park, published the study “Topical Chemotherapy for Giant Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia (OSSN) of the Conjunctiva and Cornea: Is Surgery Really Necessary?” in the Indian...
04/03/2019 Dr. Ann Musika Completes ECF Fellowship! From Uganda to Israel, & back home again. Hailing from Kampala, Uganda, Dr. Ann Musika has completed her 6-month ophthalmic oncology fellowship training sponsored by the Eye Cancer Foundation...
03/27/2019 Post-Op: High Spirits & Great Outcomes! Dr. Finger and one of his many happy patients in high spirits, just one week after her plaque removal. Her recent follow-ups show steady progress and her characteristic, amazing positivity! (Here she is with Dr. Finger...
03/26/2019 Day 5: Live From the ISOO 2019! Every two years, eye cancer specialists worldwide convene at the International Society of Ocular Oncology Conference in order to review latest research and encourage international collaboration within the field of ophthalmic oncology. For details on the ISOO...
03/25/2019 Day 4: Live From the ISOO 2019! Every two years, eye cancer specialists worldwide convene at the International Society of Ocular Oncology Conference in order to review latest research and encourage international collaboration within the field of ophthalmic oncology. For details on the ISOO...
03/24/2019 Day 3: Live From the ISOO 2019! Every two years, eye cancer specialists worldwide convene at the International Society of Ocular Oncology Conference in order to review latest research and encourage international collaboration within the field of ophthalmic oncology. For details on the ISOO...
03/23/2019 Day 2: Live From the ISOO 2019! Every two years, eye cancer specialists worldwide convene at the International Society of Ocular Oncology Conference in order to review latest research and encourage international collaboration within the field of ophthalmic oncology. For details on the ISOO...
03/22/2019 Day 1: Live From the ISOO 2019! Every two years, eye cancer specialists worldwide convene at the International Society of Ocular Oncology Conference in order to review latest research and encourage international collaboration within the field of ophthalmic oncology. For details on the ISOO...
03/20/2019 The ECF Establishes the First Eye Pathologist in Jordan! Prior to involvement of The Eye Cancer Foundation (ECF), Jordan had no practicing eye cancer specialists. We trained Dr. Yacoub Yousef and he established the first eye cancer referral center at The King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman...
02/17/2019 The 8th Edition AJCC Cancer Staging Manual is Available! The 7th edition, AJCC manual (left) was created by over 50 eye cancer specialists from countries on all four continents. In addition, each included their local ophthalmologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and pathologists. What happened was...
01/18/2019 World Cancer Day 2019 For nearly 20 years, the Union for International Cancer Control has brought the world together in a unified front against cancer. World Cancer Day aims to “unite the cancer community to reduce the global cancer burden, promote greater equity, and integrate cancer control...
12/26/2018 New ECF Graduates Bring Their Skills to Egypt & India We at The Eye Cancer Foundation are pleased to celebrate the graduation of our two most recent recent fellows: Dr. Puneet Jain from India and Dr. Moanes Morkos from Egypt. In traditional ECF manner, both fellows return to their country with...
12/10/2018 Free At Last Based on published guidelines from United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), The New York Eye Cancer Center and its affiliate New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mt. Sinai have agreed that patients undergoing low energy (iodine-125 or palladium-103) eye plaque radiation...
12/05/2018 ECF Fellows Presents: How to Save Eyes in Cairo, Egypt November 22nd Cairo, Egypt: Physician scholars came together for The 2nd Middle East Ophthalmic Oncology & Pediatric Retina Meeting. Organized by Dr. Ihab Othman, the meeting fostered discussion of various topics in ocular oncology...
11/27/2018 Sight-Saving Palladium Radiation Therapy In a recent publication in Cornea: The Journal of Cornea and External Disease, a noteworthy case report describes a patient with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in his only functioning eye who had his vision saved using a remarkable application of palladium...
11/20/2018 Oblique (Angled) Injection Technique Improves the Delivery of Avastin Treatment Intravitreal (IVT) injections are the most common surgical procedure in ophthalmology today. In fact, it is projected that millions of these injections are given each year in the United States. Ocular oncologists use...
09/03/2018 NGO in India Promotes World Retinoblastoma Awareness Week Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common eye cancer in children, affecting approximately 8,000 of them each year. In developed countries like the United States, the survival rate reaches beyond an astounding 96%, with early diagnosis and...
05/31/2018 Understanding Your Data Privacy Whether scrolling through the latest Twitter trends or clearing out your inbox, if you’ve browsed the internet within this past week, the chances are that you have received an influx of emails regarding privacy policy updates from some of your most-frequented websites...
05/17/2018 From India to the Big Apple At the close of 2017, The Eye Cancer Foundation promised its supporters to continue the momentum of the tremendous strides made throughout the year, and indeed it has with yet another Eye Cancer Foundation Ophthalmic Oncology Fellowship thus completed. Meet the...
