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Ideaya’s treatment targets an aggressive form of uveal melanoma that generally has a poor prognosis because it occurs in patients who lack the genetic marker to receive typical immunotherapy.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Uveal melanoma originates in the uveal tract of the eye but has a tendency to aggressively spread throughout the body, often to the liver.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

Glossop's Craig Shore, whose ocular uveal melanoma has mutated to his liver, has been informed the NHS cannot provide chemosaturation.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

In a statement to People magazine, Hackford and Mirren confirmed that Rio Hackford died of uveal melanoma, “a very aggressive and rare form” of eye cancer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2022

The increase of intra-ocular pressure noted in cases of uveal inflammation, to be presently referred to, may be due to some such tendency.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.