A landmark study by Hyderabad’s L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, has revealed that routine eye exams could play a crucial role in diagnosing and managing leukemia. Examining 244 patients over eight years, researchers found that 64 percent showed retinal or optic nerve changes.

Hyderabad: A routine eye exam could soon potentially become a critical tool to diagnose, predict and manage leukemia, the devastating cancer of the blood and bone marrow .

Leukemia is a systemic cancer that afflicts any part of the body. However, a groundbreaking study by Hyderabad researchers, published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology (August, 2025), has indicated that eyes often provide the first vital diagnostic clues of leukemia.

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