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 ]
Synonyms: extracutaneous melanoma non-cutaneous melanoma
Term information
- MEDGEN:233761 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C8711 (MONDO:exact-label-match)
- UMLS:C1334974 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- EFO:1000397 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
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http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1334974
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C8711
http://identifiers.org/medgen/233761