Treatment For Eye Cancer
Surgery is a common treatment for eye cancer and is very specialised. Your surgery depends on the type of eye cancer you have.
Surgery for eye cancer is a very specialised operation. You might have an operation to remove certain types of eye cancer.
Before surgery, you have tests to check your fitness and you meet members of your treatment team. You usually go into hospital on the morning of your operation.
You have a general anaesthetic so you can't feel anything during the operation. This sends you into a deep sleep.
It takes a few weeks for you to recover after your operation. You will spend between 1 to 7 days in the hospital after eye cancer surgery,
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