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Malignant Skin Neoplasm

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Overview

NCI Definition: A primary or metastatic tumor involving the skin. Primary malignant skin tumors most often are carcinomas (either basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas that arise from cells in the epidermis) or melanomas that arise from pigment-containing skin melanocytes. Metastatic tumors to the skin include carcinomas and lymphomas. [1]

Clinical Trials

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Disease Details

Synonyms
Skin Neoplasm, Malignant, Skin cancer, NOS, Skin Cancer, Including Melanoma, Skin Cancer, Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer, Malignant Tumor of the Skin, Malignant Neoplasm of Skin, Malignant Neoplasm of the Skin, Malignant Skin Tumor, Malignant Tumor of Skin
Parent(s)
Skin Neoplasm
Children
Skin Carcinoma, Cutaneous Lymphoma, Malignant Dermal Neoplasm, Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, Malignant Skin Appendage Neoplasm, Malignant Scrotal Neoplasm, Cutaneous Melanoma, and Atypical Fibroxanthoma

References

1. National Cancer Institute. NCI Thesaurus Version 18.11d. https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ [2018-08-28]. [2018-09-21].

2. The AACR Project GENIE Consortium. AACR Project GENIE: powering precision medicine through an international consortium. Cancer Discovery. 2017;7(8):818-831. Dataset Version 8. This dataset does not represent the totality of the genetic landscape; see paper for more information.

3. All assertions and clinical trial landscape data are curated from primary sources. You can read more about the curation process here.