Main description:

This book is a concise guide to the epidemiology of ocular tumours. Beginning with the classification and pathology of ocular tumours, the following sections discuss the most common benign and malignant tumours in both children and adults.

Each section examines the wide spectrum of factors, including age, gender and environment; that impact the development and incidence of ocular tumours, and mortality and survival rates; in different geographical areas worldwide.

Key points

Concise guide to epidemiology of ocular tumours in children and adults
Discusses most common malignant and benign tumours
Examines human and environmental factors impacting incidence, development, mortality and survival rates of ocular tumours
Discusses variations in different geographical regions

Contents:

1. Classifications of Ocular Tumors

Criteria for Suitability for Treatment
Pathologic Staging of Retinoblastoma

2. Epidemiology of Ocular Tumors in Children

Epidemiology of Benign Eyelids, Conjunctival, Intraocular and Orbital Tumors
Malignant Eyelid and Conjunctival Tumors
Malignant Intraocular Tumors
Malignant Orbital Tumors

3. Epidemiology of Ocular Tumors in Adults

Epidemiology of Benign Eyelid, Conjunctival, Intraocular and Orbital Tumors
Malignant Eyelid Tumors
Malignant Conjunctival Tumors
Malignant Intraocular Tumors
Malignant Orbital Tumors
Malignant Ocular Tumors in Adults