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melanoma

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A malignant, usually aggressive tumor composed of atypical, neoplastic melanocytes. Most often, melanomas arise in the skin (cutaneous melanomas) and include the following histologic subtypes: superficial spreading melanoma, nodular melanoma, acral lentiginous melanoma, and lentigo maligna melanoma. Cutaneous melanomas may arise from acquired or congenital melanocytic or dysplastic nevi. Melanomas may also arise in other anatomic sites including the gastrointestinal system, eye, urinary tract, and reproductive system. Melanomas frequently metastasize to lymph nodes, liver, lungs, and brain. [ ]

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Label

melanoma

Synonyms
  • Naevocarcinoma
  • malignant melanoma
  • melanoma
  • melanoma (disease)
  • melanoma, malignant
database cross reference
IAO 0000589

melanoma (disease)

closeMatch

http://identifiers.org/snomedct/2092003, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/154501005, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/269577007, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/269503007, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/189749008

exactMatch

http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/CN971653, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/372244006, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C3224, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1909, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Orphanet_411533, http://identifiers.org/mesh/D008545, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0025202

gwas trait

true

id

EFO:0000756