Register now to raise awareness and support the fight against ocular melanoma, the most common eye cancer in U.S. adults, on July 13 at the Lookin' For a Cure 5K.  

Registration is open at: https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/PaloAlto/LookinforaCure

Walk shoulder-to-shoulder with ocular melanoma survivors, their families, and the medical professionals who care for them at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford, located at 2370 Watson Court in Palo Alto. All ages are welcome to attend. Come run, walk, or stay in one place and play games at this fundraiser and awareness event. 

Lookin' For a Cure is a 5K fun run and walk organized by A Cure in Sight, an organization founded to provide support services for Ocular Melanoma eye cancer patients. Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, MHS, professor of ophthalmology at the Byers Eye Institute is leading the charge to bring the event to Stanford. 

Proceeds from the race will go to A Cure in Sight to support ocular oncology research.

Ocular melanoma makes up approximately 5% of melanomas in the U.S., and nearly 3,500 new cases will be diagnosed in the United States this year, according to data from the American Cancer Society. This cancer can be detected at its earliest stages with a simple routine dilated eye exam — a screening procedure performed during an annual eye exam.

Stanford is a national leader in providing state-of-the-art care for ocular melanoma patients of all ages and has pioneered groundbreaking research advances.