The value of an ophthalmic tumour centre

An account is given of the clinician's experience of an ophthalmic tumour centre established in an institute of ophthalmic pathology serving the whole of Denmark (population 5 mill). The Tumour Centre performs supplementary preoperative examination of patients, and gives advice with respect to biopsy, attempted total extirpation, enucleation or observation. The activities of the tumour centre have proved extremely valuable as it contributes to establishing more general lines concerning biopsy, attempted total extirpation, observation, or enucleation, to the benefit of patients as well as research. It is a presupposition that the advisory activity is carried out as an intimate collaboration between ophthalmic pathology and clinical ophthalmology.