Rare Eye cancer has been identified among 6 people in North Carolina. Ocular melanoma has been identified among these 6 people. The cancer is so dangerous that 3 person had to get an eye removed to survive from this deadly cancer. Doctors are trying to identify the main cause of this cancer Ocular melanoma

Ocular melanoma is the most common primary cancer of the eye in adults. It is diagnosed in about 2,500 adults every year in the United States and occurs most often in lightly pigmented individuals with a median age of 55 years. Source

Ocular Melanoma foundation revealed that the disease is a malignant tumor that often spreads to other parts of the body. Ocular Melanoma is rarer than skin melanoma Source

Actual reason for Ocular melanoma is still unknown. But it is more common people with blue eyes and fair skin.