Why Sponsor Eye Believe? Your sponsorship is more than a logo—it’s a lifeline. Eye Believe is one of the few nationwide events dedicated exclusively to patients living with ocular melanoma. It offers medical insight, emotional strength, and a renewed outlook on life. By partnering with us, you help ensure this event remains accessible to all, [...]
Faces of ocular melanoma 2025
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Rare Disease Day – Ocular Melanoma Stories
Celebrating Life Beyond Ocular Melanoma: Tricia's 19-Year Journey In the spring of 2005, Tricia's routine eye examination uncovered something life-altering. At 46, a day that began with the simple intent to get reading glasses led to a diagnosis of ocular melanoma. Facing the unknown with her family by her side, Tricia's resilience shone [...]
5Ks in Florida 2024
Steps for Sight - donate and register here This past weekend, starting in Orlando and finishing in sunny Miami, we hosted 2 Lookin' For a Cure 5ks - our first of the new year! Thank you to all who came out in support-- from patients to caregivers, and a huge thanks to the Bascom [...]
Steps for Sight 2024 is OPEN
REGISTER or DONATE TODAY Steps for Sight 2024 is officially OPEN for registration! Head to www.charityfootprints.com/SFS2024 for more details, to start your team, or to contribute to the cause! We are partnering with the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) to maximize the benefits from the funds raised. The money we raised last year will [...]
European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Abstracts
European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) 10Sept2022 – Paris ACIS Abstracts of Interest Saturday 10Sept Note: There were no specific sessions or major presentations on Ocular Melanoma at ESMO 2022 Poster Session 3: 842P - A phase II trial of AU-011, an investigational, virus-like drug conjugate (VDC) for the treatment of primary indeterminate [...]
Good Grief: A Pathway to Healing
Author: "Carrie Becker", an anonymous OMie A cascade of tears streamed down my face last month as I watched my eleven-year-old granddaughter’s beautifully shrouded body lowered into her grave. The somber silence was pierced by her mother’s unfiltered, anguished sobs. Her younger sister sat stoically by my side, her stiff body tucked under my arm, [...]
2022 ISOO Recap
International Society of Ocular Oncology (ISOO), Leiden NL June 17-21, 2022 UVEAL MELANOMA ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS William Harbour of Univ. of Texas Southwestern in Dallas presented the Lex Van der Eb Lecture, with an update of several investigational novel therapies for uveal melanoma at Bascom Palmer/Univ. Miami and UT Southwestern. An adjuvant [...]
ARVO 2022
ARVO ( Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) was hosted in Denver, Colorado May 1-4, and virtually May 11-12. ACIS was in attendance virtually. Below is a list of the abstracts and posters presented. There is a ton of exciting research going on regarding Uveal Melanoma, please check out what is on the horizon. [...]