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non-cutaneous melanoma

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0006320

Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes, cells that are derived from the neural crest. Although most melanomas arise in the skin, they also may arise from mucosal surfaces or at other sites to which neural crest cells migrate. (PDQ) [ NCIT:C8711 ]

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database cross reference
  • NCIT:C8711 (MONDO:exact-label-match)
  • EFO:1000397 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • UMLS:C1334974 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
definition

Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes, cells that are derived from the neural crest. Although most melanomas arise in the skin, they also may arise from mucosal surfaces or at other sites to which neural crest cells migrate. (PDQ)

exactMatch

http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1334974, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C8711

has exact synonym

extracutaneous melanoma, non-cutaneous melanoma

id

MONDO:0006320

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