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Metastatic Uveal Melanoma Program

Thomas Jefferson University, along with the National Cancer Institute and the MD Anderson Cancer Center, is the major center for the treatment of metastatic uveal melanoma in the United States. Drs. Jerry Shields and Carol Shields at Wills Eye Hospital are seeing more than 500 new patients with primary uveal melanoma every year. Dr. Takami Sato at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital has seen approximately 100 new patients with metastatic uveal melanoma every year since 1999. Dr. David Eschelman in the Division of Cardio-Interventional Radiology (CVIR) has performed approximately 150 embolization procedures for the liver metastases from melanoma last year, in which more than 100 procedures were for patients with metastatic uveal melanoma.

• Biology of uveal melanoma

• Treatment approach at Thomas Jefferson University for metastatic uveal melanoma:

• Treatment options

• Eligibility criteria

• Embolization procedure