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Pharyngeal Melanoma

MedGen UID:
1791545
•Concept ID:
C5555104
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Pharyngeal Mucosal Melanoma

Definition

A melanoma that arises from the mucosal surface of the pharynx. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPharyngeal Melanoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Risk of Second Primary Cancer in People with Non-melanoma Skin Cancer: A Nationwide Cohort Study.
Wang SH, Chi CC, Zhao ZH, Tung TH
Cancer Res Treat 2018 Apr;50(2):428-435. Epub 2017 May 10 doi: 10.4143/crt.2017.110. PMID: 28494532Free PMC Article
Primary care physician supply, insurance type, and late-stage cancer diagnosis.
Plascak JJ, Fisher JL, Paskett ED
Am J Prev Med 2015 Feb;48(2):174-178. Epub 2014 Oct 29 doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.08.014. PMID: 25441233Free PMC Article
Novel direct and indirect cyclin-dependent kinase modulators for the prevention and treatment of human neoplasms.
Senderowicz AM
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2003 Jul;52 Suppl 1:S61-73. Epub 2003 Jun 18 doi: 10.1007/s00280-003-0624-x. PMID: 12819936

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

A Decade of Research on Coffee as an Anticarcinogenic Beverage.
Nigra AD, Teodoro AJ, Gil GA
Oxid Med Cell Longev 2021;2021:4420479. Epub 2021 Sep 15 doi: 10.1155/2021/4420479. PMID: 34567408Free PMC Article
Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Firefighters: A State-of-the-Art Review and Meta-َAnalysis.
Soteriades ES, Kim J, Christophi CA, Kales SN
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2019 Nov 1;20(11):3221-3231. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2019.20.11.3221. PMID: 31759344Free PMC Article
An Update on Mucosal Melanoma: Future Directions.
Goldemberg DC, Thuler LCS, de Melo AC
Acta Dermatovenerol Croat 2019 Mar;27(1):11-15. PMID: 31032785
Head and Neck cancers-major changes in the American Joint Committee on cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual.
Lydiatt WM, Patel SG, O'Sullivan B, Brandwein MS, Ridge JA, Migliacci JC, Loomis AM, Shah JP
CA Cancer J Clin 2017 Mar;67(2):122-137. Epub 2017 Jan 27 doi: 10.3322/caac.21389. PMID: 28128848
Alcohol consumption and site-specific cancer risk: a comprehensive dose-response meta-analysis.
Bagnardi V, Rota M, Botteri E, Tramacere I, Islami F, Fedirko V, Scotti L, Jenab M, Turati F, Pasquali E, Pelucchi C, Galeone C, Bellocco R, Negri E, Corrao G, Boffetta P, La Vecchia C
Br J Cancer 2015 Feb 3;112(3):580-93. Epub 2014 Nov 25 doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.579. PMID: 25422909Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Head and Neck Cancers, Version 1.2022.
Caudell JJ, Gillison ML, Maghami E, Spencer S, Pfister DG, Adkins D, Birkeland AC, Brizel DM, Busse PM, Cmelak AJ, Colevas AD, Eisele DW, Galloway T, Geiger JL, Haddad RI, Hicks WL, Hitchcock YJ, Jimeno A, Leizman D, Mell LK, Mittal BB, Pinto HA, Rocco JW, Rodriguez CP, Savvides PS, Schwartz D, Shah JP, Sher D, St John M, Weber RS, Weinstein G, Worden F, Yang Bruce J, Yom SS, Zhen W, Burns JL, Darlow SD
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2022 Mar;20(3):224-234. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2022.0016. PMID: 35276673
An Update on Mucosal Melanoma: Future Directions.
Goldemberg DC, Thuler LCS, de Melo AC
Acta Dermatovenerol Croat 2019 Mar;27(1):11-15. PMID: 31032785
Survival after a cancer diagnosis among solid organ transplant recipients in the United States.
D'Arcy ME, Coghill AE, Lynch CF, Koch LA, Li J, Pawlish KS, Morris CR, Rao C, Engels EA
Cancer 2019 Mar 15;125(6):933-942. Epub 2019 Jan 9 doi: 10.1002/cncr.31782. PMID: 30624768Free PMC Article
Metastases.
Zeppa P, Cozzolino I
Monogr Clin Cytol 2018;23:93-101. Epub 2017 Nov 13 doi: 10.1159/000478885. PMID: 29131004
Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure and the Incidence of Oral, Pharyngeal and Cervical Cancer and Melanoma: An Analysis of the SEER Data.
Adams S, Lin J, Brown D, Shriver CD, Zhu K
Anticancer Res 2016 Jan;36(1):233-7. PMID: 26722048

Therapy

Developments in L2-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines.
Schellenbacher C, Roden RBS, Kirnbauer R
Virus Res 2017 Mar 2;231:166-175. Epub 2016 Nov 23 doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2016.11.020. PMID: 27889616Free PMC Article
Alcohol consumption and site-specific cancer risk: a comprehensive dose-response meta-analysis.
Bagnardi V, Rota M, Botteri E, Tramacere I, Islami F, Fedirko V, Scotti L, Jenab M, Turati F, Pasquali E, Pelucchi C, Galeone C, Bellocco R, Negri E, Corrao G, Boffetta P, La Vecchia C
Br J Cancer 2015 Feb 3;112(3):580-93. Epub 2014 Nov 25 doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.579. PMID: 25422909Free PMC Article
Ecological studies of the UVB-vitamin D-cancer hypothesis.
Grant WB
Anticancer Res 2012 Jan;32(1):223-36. PMID: 22213311
Family history and the risk of oral and pharyngeal cancer.
Garavello W, Foschi R, Talamini R, La Vecchia C, Rossi M, Dal Maso L, Tavani A, Levi F, Barzan L, Ramazzotti V, Franceschi S, Negri E
Int J Cancer 2008 Apr 15;122(8):1827-31. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23199. PMID: 18076043
Photodynamic therapy and the treatment of head and neck cancers.
Biel MA
J Clin Laser Med Surg 1996 Oct;14(5):239-44. doi: 10.1089/clm.1996.14.239. PMID: 9612189

Prognosis

Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Firefighters: A State-of-the-Art Review and Meta-َAnalysis.
Soteriades ES, Kim J, Christophi CA, Kales SN
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2019 Nov 1;20(11):3221-3231. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2019.20.11.3221. PMID: 31759344Free PMC Article
An Update on Mucosal Melanoma: Future Directions.
Goldemberg DC, Thuler LCS, de Melo AC
Acta Dermatovenerol Croat 2019 Mar;27(1):11-15. PMID: 31032785
Head and Neck cancers-major changes in the American Joint Committee on cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual.
Lydiatt WM, Patel SG, O'Sullivan B, Brandwein MS, Ridge JA, Migliacci JC, Loomis AM, Shah JP
CA Cancer J Clin 2017 Mar;67(2):122-137. Epub 2017 Jan 27 doi: 10.3322/caac.21389. PMID: 28128848
Associations of non-melanoma skin cancer and melanoma, extra-cutaneous cancers and smoking in adults: a US population-based study.
Silverberg JI, Ratner D
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2015 Jul;29(7):1389-97. Epub 2014 Dec 10 doi: 10.1111/jdv.12883. PMID: 25491569
Alcohol consumption and site-specific cancer risk: a comprehensive dose-response meta-analysis.
Bagnardi V, Rota M, Botteri E, Tramacere I, Islami F, Fedirko V, Scotti L, Jenab M, Turati F, Pasquali E, Pelucchi C, Galeone C, Bellocco R, Negri E, Corrao G, Boffetta P, La Vecchia C
Br J Cancer 2015 Feb 3;112(3):580-93. Epub 2014 Nov 25 doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.579. PMID: 25422909Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

AIM2 deficiency in B cells ameliorates systemic lupus erythematosus by regulating Blimp-1-Bcl-6 axis-mediated B-cell differentiation.
Yang M, Long D, Hu L, Zhao Z, Li Q, Guo Y, He Z, Zhao M, Lu L, Li F, Long H, Wu H, Lu Q
Signal Transduct Target Ther 2021 Sep 14;6(1):341. doi: 10.1038/s41392-021-00725-x. PMID: 34521812Free PMC Article
Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure and the Incidence of Oral, Pharyngeal and Cervical Cancer and Melanoma: An Analysis of the SEER Data.
Adams S, Lin J, Brown D, Shriver CD, Zhu K
Anticancer Res 2016 Jan;36(1):233-7. PMID: 26722048
Family history and the risk of oral and pharyngeal cancer.
Garavello W, Foschi R, Talamini R, La Vecchia C, Rossi M, Dal Maso L, Tavani A, Levi F, Barzan L, Ramazzotti V, Franceschi S, Negri E
Int J Cancer 2008 Apr 15;122(8):1827-31. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23199. PMID: 18076043
Papillomavirus infections--a major cause of human cancers.
zur Hausen H
Biochim Biophys Acta 1996 Oct 9;1288(2):F55-78. doi: 10.1016/0304-419x(96)00020-0. PMID: 8876633
Cancer incidence and mortality trends among whites in the United States, 1947-84.
Devesa SS, Silverman DT, Young JL Jr, Pollack ES, Brown CC, Horm JW, Percy CL, Myers MH, McKay FW, Fraumeni JF Jr
J Natl Cancer Inst 1987 Oct;79(4):701-70. PMID: 3309421

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