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Malignant breast melanoma

MedGen UID:
138069
Concept ID:
C0346787
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Breast Melanoma; breast melanoma; breast melanoma (disease); Malignant Breast Melanoma; malignant breast melanoma; Malignant melanoma of breast; Malignant Melanoma of Breast; malignant melanoma of breast; Malignant Melanoma of the Breast; malignant melanoma of the breast; melanoma (disease) of breast
SNOMED CT: Malignant melanoma of breast (188050009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002975

Definition

A melanoma that arises usually from the breast skin and less often from the breast glandular tissue. Primary breast melanomas are rare. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMalignant breast melanoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Nieder C, Grosu AL, Astner S, Thamm R, Molls M
Radiat Oncol 2006 Jun 27;1:19. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-1-19. PMID: 16800900Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Dilaveri C, Degnim A, Lee C, DeSimone D, Moldoveanu D, Ghosh K
Breast J 2024;2024:6693720. Epub 2024 Jan 25 doi: 10.1155/2024/6693720. PMID: 38304866Free PMC Article
Reijers ILM, Menzies AM, van Akkooi ACJ, Versluis JM, van den Heuvel NMJ, Saw RPM, Pennington TE, Kapiteijn E, van der Veldt AAM, Suijkerbuijk KPM, Hospers GAP, Rozeman EA, Klop WMC, van Houdt WJ, Sikorska K, van der Hage JA, Grünhagen DJ, Wouters MW, Witkamp AJ, Zuur CL, Lijnsvelt JM, Torres Acosta A, Grijpink-Ongering LG, Gonzalez M, Jóźwiak K, Bierman C, Shannon KF, Ch'ng S, Colebatch AJ, Spillane AJ, Haanen JBAG, Rawson RV, van de Wiel BA, van de Poll-Franse LV, Scolyer RA, Boekhout AH, Long GV, Blank CU
Nat Med 2022 Jun;28(6):1178-1188. Epub 2022 Jun 5 doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01851-x. PMID: 35661157
Rakha EA, Brogi E, Castellano I, Quinn C
Virchows Arch 2022 Jan;480(1):127-145. Epub 2021 Jul 29 doi: 10.1007/s00428-021-03162-x. PMID: 34322734Free PMC Article
Leachman SA, Lucero OM, Sampson JE, Cassidy P, Bruno W, Queirolo P, Ghiorzo P
Cancer Metastasis Rev 2017 Mar;36(1):77-90. doi: 10.1007/s10555-017-9661-5. PMID: 28283772Free PMC Article
Chattopadhyay C, Kim DW, Gombos DS, Oba J, Qin Y, Williams MD, Esmaeli B, Grimm EA, Wargo JA, Woodman SE, Patel SP
Cancer 2016 Aug 1;122(15):2299-312. Epub 2016 Mar 15 doi: 10.1002/cncr.29727. PMID: 26991400Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Ibragimova MK, Tsyganov MM, Kravtsova EA, Tsydenova IA, Litviakov NV
Int J Mol Sci 2023 Oct 26;24(21) doi: 10.3390/ijms242115625. PMID: 37958607Free PMC Article
Rakha EA, Brogi E, Castellano I, Quinn C
Virchows Arch 2022 Jan;480(1):127-145. Epub 2021 Jul 29 doi: 10.1007/s00428-021-03162-x. PMID: 34322734Free PMC Article
Kim SS, Lee HJ
Eur J Intern Med 2019 Jun;64:e1-e2. Epub 2018 Dec 23 doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2018.12.008. PMID: 30587452
Chattopadhyay C, Kim DW, Gombos DS, Oba J, Qin Y, Williams MD, Esmaeli B, Grimm EA, Wargo JA, Woodman SE, Patel SP
Cancer 2016 Aug 1;122(15):2299-312. Epub 2016 Mar 15 doi: 10.1002/cncr.29727. PMID: 26991400Free PMC Article
Dotters-Katz S, McNeil M, Limmer J, Kuller J
Obstet Gynecol Surv 2014 May;69(5):277-86. doi: 10.1097/OGX.0000000000000068. PMID: 25101693

Therapy

Reijers ILM, Menzies AM, van Akkooi ACJ, Versluis JM, van den Heuvel NMJ, Saw RPM, Pennington TE, Kapiteijn E, van der Veldt AAM, Suijkerbuijk KPM, Hospers GAP, Rozeman EA, Klop WMC, van Houdt WJ, Sikorska K, van der Hage JA, Grünhagen DJ, Wouters MW, Witkamp AJ, Zuur CL, Lijnsvelt JM, Torres Acosta A, Grijpink-Ongering LG, Gonzalez M, Jóźwiak K, Bierman C, Shannon KF, Ch'ng S, Colebatch AJ, Spillane AJ, Haanen JBAG, Rawson RV, van de Wiel BA, van de Poll-Franse LV, Scolyer RA, Boekhout AH, Long GV, Blank CU
Nat Med 2022 Jun;28(6):1178-1188. Epub 2022 Jun 5 doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01851-x. PMID: 35661157
Shiao SL, Kershaw KM, Limon JJ, You S, Yoon J, Ko EY, Guarnerio J, Potdar AA, McGovern DPB, Bose S, Dar TB, Noe P, Lee J, Kubota Y, Maymi VI, Davis MJ, Henson RM, Choi RY, Yang W, Tang J, Gargus M, Prince AD, Zumsteg ZS, Underhill DM
Cancer Cell 2021 Sep 13;39(9):1202-1213.e6. Epub 2021 Jul 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2021.07.002. PMID: 34329585Free PMC Article
Amaria RN, Reddy SM, Tawbi HA, Davies MA, Ross MI, Glitza IC, Cormier JN, Lewis C, Hwu WJ, Hanna E, Diab A, Wong MK, Royal R, Gross N, Weber R, Lai SY, Ehlers R, Blando J, Milton DR, Woodman S, Kageyama R, Wells DK, Hwu P, Patel SP, Lucci A, Hessel A, Lee JE, Gershenwald J, Simpson L, Burton EM, Posada L, Haydu L, Wang L, Zhang S, Lazar AJ, Hudgens CW, Gopalakrishnan V, Reuben A, Andrews MC, Spencer CN, Prieto V, Sharma P, Allison J, Tetzlaff MT, Wargo JA
Nat Med 2018 Nov;24(11):1649-1654. Epub 2018 Oct 8 doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0197-1. PMID: 30297909Free PMC Article
Albright CM, Wenstrom KD
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2016 May;33:2-18. Epub 2015 Oct 19 doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2015.10.004. PMID: 26542928
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Ann Oncol 2013 Oct;24 Suppl 6:vi160-70. Epub 2013 Jun 27 doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdt199. PMID: 23813932

Prognosis

Siegel RL, Giaquinto AN, Jemal A
CA Cancer J Clin 2024 Jan-Feb;74(1):12-49. Epub 2024 Jan 17 doi: 10.3322/caac.21820. PMID: 38230766
Ibragimova MK, Tsyganov MM, Kravtsova EA, Tsydenova IA, Litviakov NV
Int J Mol Sci 2023 Oct 26;24(21) doi: 10.3390/ijms242115625. PMID: 37958607Free PMC Article
Siegel RL, Miller KD, Wagle NS, Jemal A
CA Cancer J Clin 2023 Jan;73(1):17-48. doi: 10.3322/caac.21763. PMID: 36633525
Chattopadhyay C, Kim DW, Gombos DS, Oba J, Qin Y, Williams MD, Esmaeli B, Grimm EA, Wargo JA, Woodman SE, Patel SP
Cancer 2016 Aug 1;122(15):2299-312. Epub 2016 Mar 15 doi: 10.1002/cncr.29727. PMID: 26991400Free PMC Article
Nayak L, Lee EQ, Wen PY
Curr Oncol Rep 2012 Feb;14(1):48-54. doi: 10.1007/s11912-011-0203-y. PMID: 22012633

Clinical prediction guides

Chowaniec H, Ślubowska A, Mroczek M, Borowczyk M, Braszka M, Dworacki G, Dobosz P, Wichtowski M
Front Immunol 2024;15:1375433. Epub 2024 Mar 21 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1375433. PMID: 38576614Free PMC Article
Dilaveri C, Degnim A, Lee C, DeSimone D, Moldoveanu D, Ghosh K
Breast J 2024;2024:6693720. Epub 2024 Jan 25 doi: 10.1155/2024/6693720. PMID: 38304866Free PMC Article
Reijers ILM, Menzies AM, van Akkooi ACJ, Versluis JM, van den Heuvel NMJ, Saw RPM, Pennington TE, Kapiteijn E, van der Veldt AAM, Suijkerbuijk KPM, Hospers GAP, Rozeman EA, Klop WMC, van Houdt WJ, Sikorska K, van der Hage JA, Grünhagen DJ, Wouters MW, Witkamp AJ, Zuur CL, Lijnsvelt JM, Torres Acosta A, Grijpink-Ongering LG, Gonzalez M, Jóźwiak K, Bierman C, Shannon KF, Ch'ng S, Colebatch AJ, Spillane AJ, Haanen JBAG, Rawson RV, van de Wiel BA, van de Poll-Franse LV, Scolyer RA, Boekhout AH, Long GV, Blank CU
Nat Med 2022 Jun;28(6):1178-1188. Epub 2022 Jun 5 doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01851-x. PMID: 35661157
Leachman SA, Lucero OM, Sampson JE, Cassidy P, Bruno W, Queirolo P, Ghiorzo P
Cancer Metastasis Rev 2017 Mar;36(1):77-90. doi: 10.1007/s10555-017-9661-5. PMID: 28283772Free PMC Article
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Int Adv Surg Oncol 1978;1:53-83. PMID: 399764

Recent systematic reviews

Vogelbaum MA, Brown PD, Messersmith H, Brastianos PK, Burri S, Cahill D, Dunn IF, Gaspar LE, Gatson NTN, Gondi V, Jordan JT, Lassman AB, Maues J, Mohile N, Redjal N, Stevens G, Sulman E, van den Bent M, Wallace HJ, Weinberg JS, Zadeh G, Schiff D
J Clin Oncol 2022 Feb 10;40(5):492-516. Epub 2021 Dec 21 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.02314. PMID: 34932393
Lee YC, Lee YL, Li CY
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Kvaskoff M, Mahamat-Saleh Y, Farland LV, Shigesi N, Terry KL, Harris HR, Roman H, Becker CM, As-Sanie S, Zondervan KT, Horne AW, Missmer SA
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Lancet 2008 Feb 16;371(9612):569-78. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60269-X. PMID: 18280327

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