However, doctors said at a programme on Thursday, the squint can also be the first telltale sign of ocular cancer in children, which has an incidence of one in 18,000 and is not too uncommon. "The most common ocular cancer is retinoblastoma (cancer of the retina) and it manifests in children mostly below five. If an eye has to be removed, focussed radiation is sometimes done to destroy the cancer cells that might remain after the surgery. Ocular cancer affects the retina and might spread to the brain and bones if it remains undetected. Kamalnayan Bajaj Sankara Nethralaya has tied up with Tata Medical Center, which is just across the street, for administering chemotherapy to patients suffering from ocular cancer.

Source: The Telegraph February 02, 2018 22:41 UTC