ALEXANDRIA, Ky. — Jayden Augsback looks like a typical high schooler. He’s a 3.6 GPA student at Campbell County High School and sharp shooting guard for the successful Camels basketball team, but his story is different. He has ocular melanoma, a tumor in his right eye.

It was discovered when a routine eye exam in 7th grade noticed something that wasn’t normal. Since he had no symptoms, his mother thought it was a freckle, but a biopsy revealed it was a tumor.

Augsback said, “It was a shock. I was definitely scared. But my parents helped me a lot with that, just calming me down and telling me I will get through whatever happens. I’ll be fine.”

Ocular melanoma is the most common eye cancer among adults, but Augsback said it’s rare for children as young as he was. His treatment was radiati

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