Doctors Stumped By Rare Eye Cancer Cases In North Carolina, Alabama
Ocular melanoma typically affects six out of every 1 million people, but doctors have found dozens of cases where the patients have connections to either Huntersville, N.C., or Auburn, Ala.
A rare form of eye cancer has struck a group of people in two locations in North Carolina and Alabama, confounding medical experts who are trying to determine if the cases are linked.
Ocular melanoma typically affects six out of every 1 million people, but doctors have found dozens of cases where those affected have ties to either Huntersville, N.C., or Auburn, Ala. Many of those diagnosed attended Auburn University between 1983 and 2001 – at least three of them
