Infection Rates Low With New Cataract Surgery Techniques

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 23:28 in Health & Medicine

It is well known that people with light skin and numerous moles and freckles -- which develop when skin is over-exposed to UV light -- are at higher risk for skin cancer (cutaneous melanoma). But the evidence was less clear on whether moles and freckles also indicate a higher risk of uveal melanoma, cancer of the eye's iris, ciliary body, or choroid.

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