OiP: MOLES algorithm - scoring system for managing patients with melanocytic choroidal tumours

Choroidal naevi can be difficult to distinguish from melanomas,
which means that many patients with benign tumours are referred
to hospital eye clinics while urgent treatment of those with
melanoma is delayed. In this episode of the College's podcast,
Optometry in Practice Editorial Board member, Dr Lindsay Rountree
MCOptom talks to Professor Bertil Damato PhD FRCOphth FCOptom
about a scoring system to estimate the likelihood of malignancy,
and how to manage patients accordingly.


Professor Damato is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the
University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist at
Oxford Eye Hospital. He was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the
College in 2010 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to
ocular oncology. Dr Rountree is Lecturer in Optometry at the
University of Bradford.


To read the full paper and gain one non-interactive CET point
until 28 February 2022, visit:
https://www.college-optometrists.org/oip-resource/the-moles-acronym-scoring-system-and-protocol-for-managing-patients-with-melanocytic-choroidal-tumours.html


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