Namibia: Eye Surgeon Says Girl's Eye Cancer Can Spread to the Brain

AN EYE surgeon yesterday said the Windhoek toddler whose eye was removed and who looks likely to lose the other one as well suffers from retinolblastoma, a rare malignant tumour of the retina which affects young children.

Angel Molokwan was diagnosed with cancer last year, and had her left eye removed at the Windhoek Central Hospital.

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