Abstract
Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most aggressive form of ocular cancer, poses a formidable challenge due to its high metastatic propensity, a leading cause of patient mortality. Effective therapies for UM metastasis remain elusive. Based on solid preliminary data, in this project I posit that loss of 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (HPGD), a tumor suppressor gene, promotes UM aggressivene…