Eye cancer

Possible symptoms of eye cancer include:

• Bulging of the eye
• Complete or partial loss of sight
• Blurred vision
• Loss of peripheral vision (at the edges of your field of vision)
• Pale raised lump on the surface of the eye
• Lump on the eyelids or around the eye
• Seeing flashing lights
• Shadows and misting of the eye lens
• A dark spot on the iris (the coloured part of the eye)
• Watery eyes
• Pain in or around the eye (rare)
• Intraocular melanoma may not cause any early symptoms.

Testing for eye cancer when you have no symptoms is called screening. There is no national screening programme for eye cancer, but if you have your eyes tested the optician will check the health of your eyes.