The main purpose of this book is to show the wide spectrum of the existing scientific views on age, gender, percentage, incidences, mortality and survival rates of ocular tumors and the impacts of the environment on these rates. The book collects the results of many international researchers and compares international reports looking for epidemiological studies of benign and malignant ocular tumors in children and adults with the results of own epidemiological studies of these tumors in Uzbekistan. Moreover, very few studies deal with such important problems as environmental impacts (e.g. water and soil pollution, air emissions) on incidence and mortality of patients with malignant ocular tumors. Until today, there have not been published other studies on the subject. Author has also included chapter “Classification of Ocular Tumors”, because a universal classification unifying both histological and clinical signs of all ocular tumors still have not been established, therefore, she has described the majority of ocular tumor classifications to give as more information about ocular tumor classifications as possible. On the other hand, to compare results of research work between each other, it is necessary to use similar terms to be described in a classification and application of the similar terms for medical experts internationally. Until today, there have not been any published studies on the subject. The book is useful for clinical and scientific Ophthalmologists, Oncologists, Pediatricians, Epidemiologists, Social Workers, fm8Specialists of environmental areas, Journalists who are interested in relationship between incidence and mortality from malignant tumors and environment. The book is also suitable for graduate and postgraduate students and for those interested in epidemiology of ocular tumors.

The main objective of the book is to show the whole range of variations in numbers and views with regard to the epidemiology of the most commonly encountered benign and malignant ocular tumors in children and adults. Our research is based on the results of over 20 years’ work at the ophthalmological department—one of the 11 clinical departments within the Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology under Uzbekistan's Academy of Sciences. The department has been the only one in Uzbekistan with all necessary conditions to diagnose and treat children and adults with all types of benign and malignant tumors of the eye and its adnexa. In addition, I used my own professional experience of over 30 years’ treatment of eye cancer patients. The book provides comprehensive information on various factors such eyes and skin color, age, gender, influence of ultraviolet radiation, cellular phones radiation and environmental impacts on the development, incidence, mortality and fm10survival of ocular tumors in different geographical areas and countries across the globe comparing with the original results from Uzbekistan—the site of one of the largest environmental catastrophes in the world history known as the Aral Sea disaster. The most of our results were published in journals in English, in my Doctoral dissertation and publications in Russian, which based on my colleagues experience in the Institute of Oncology and Radiology of the Uzbekistan's Academy of Sciences, on my own more than 30 years’ experience in this institute as the founder and Head of Department of Ophthalmology and Head of Republic Onco-ophthalmological Center.