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Br J Ophthalmol 84:767-770 doi:10.1136/bjo.84.7.767
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    • Clinical science

Eye cancer incidence in Singapore

Table 5

Histology by subsites of 125 eye cancer cases in Singapore residents, 1968–95

No %
Retina
Retinoblastoma 67 100
Total 67 100
Conjunctiva
Squamous cell carcinoma 8 50
Malignant melanoma 5 31.25
Carcinoma 1 6.25
Lymphoma 1 6.25
Others 1 6.25
Total 16 100
Orbit
Lymphoma 6 54.55
Rhabdomyosarcoma 2 18.18
Malignant melanoma 1 9.09
Liposarcoma 1 9.09
Haemangiopericytoma 1 9.09
Total 11 100
Lacrimal gland
Adenoid cystic carcinoma 2 25
SCC 2 25
Lymphoma 2 25
Adenocarcinoma 1 12.5
Others 1 12.5
Total 8 100
Eyeball
Malignant melanoma 6 100
Total 6 100
Lacrimal duct
Malignant melanoma 1 100
Total 1 100
Cornea
Squamous cell carcinoma 1 100
Total 1 100

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