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Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma

MedGen UID:
90749
Concept ID:
C0334246
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma; metastatic squamous cell carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma, metastatic
SNOMED CT: Squamous cell carcinoma, metastatic (64204000); Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (64204000); Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (403906006)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0044907

Definition

A carcinoma that arises from squamous cells and has spread from its original site of growth to another anatomic site. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMetastatic squamous cell carcinoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Szturz P, Vermorken JB
Oral Oncol 2020 Feb;101:104492. Epub 2019 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.104492. PMID: 31837576
Prodinger C, Reichelt J, Bauer JW, Laimer M
Exp Dermatol 2019 Oct;28(10):1176-1189. Epub 2019 Aug 8 doi: 10.1111/exd.13979. PMID: 31140655Free PMC Article
Syed MI, Stewart M, Syed S, Dahill S, Adams C, McLellan DR, Clark LJ
J Laryngol Otol 2011 Jan;125(1):3-9. Epub 2010 Oct 18 doi: 10.1017/S0022215110002070. PMID: 20950510

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Burtness B, Harrington KJ, Greil R, Soulières D, Tahara M, de Castro G Jr, Psyrri A, Basté N, Neupane P, Bratland Å, Fuereder T, Hughes BGM, Mesía R, Ngamphaiboon N, Rordorf T, Wan Ishak WZ, Hong RL, González Mendoza R, Roy A, Zhang Y, Gumuscu B, Cheng JD, Jin F, Rischin D; KEYNOTE-048 Investigators
Lancet 2019 Nov 23;394(10212):1915-1928. Epub 2019 Nov 1 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32591-7. PMID: 31679945
Lacas B, Bourhis J, Overgaard J, Zhang Q, Grégoire V, Nankivell M, Zackrisson B, Szutkowski Z, Suwiński R, Poulsen M, O'Sullivan B, Corvò R, Laskar SG, Fallai C, Yamazaki H, Dobrowsky W, Cho KH, Beadle B, Langendijk JA, Viegas CMP, Hay J, Lotayef M, Parmar MKB, Aupérin A, van Herpen C, Maingon P, Trotti AM, Grau C, Pignon JP, Blanchard P; MARCH Collaborative Group
Lancet Oncol 2017 Sep;18(9):1221-1237. Epub 2017 Jul 27 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30458-8. PMID: 28757375Free PMC Article
Ferris RL, Blumenschein G Jr, Fayette J, Guigay J, Colevas AD, Licitra L, Harrington K, Kasper S, Vokes EE, Even C, Worden F, Saba NF, Iglesias Docampo LC, Haddad R, Rordorf T, Kiyota N, Tahara M, Monga M, Lynch M, Geese WJ, Kopit J, Shaw JW, Gillison ML
N Engl J Med 2016 Nov 10;375(19):1856-1867. Epub 2016 Oct 8 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1602252. PMID: 27718784Free PMC Article
Seiwert TY, Burtness B, Mehra R, Weiss J, Berger R, Eder JP, Heath K, McClanahan T, Lunceford J, Gause C, Cheng JD, Chow LQ
Lancet Oncol 2016 Jul;17(7):956-965. Epub 2016 May 27 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30066-3. PMID: 27247226
Vermorken JB, Mesia R, Rivera F, Remenar E, Kawecki A, Rottey S, Erfan J, Zabolotnyy D, Kienzer HR, Cupissol D, Peyrade F, Benasso M, Vynnychenko I, De Raucourt D, Bokemeyer C, Schueler A, Amellal N, Hitt R
N Engl J Med 2008 Sep 11;359(11):1116-27. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0802656. PMID: 18784101

Diagnosis

Dow ER, Hou K, Ransome S, Abbassi S, Tsui E
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2022 Jul;30(5):1211-1213. Epub 2021 Apr 1 doi: 10.1080/09273948.2021.1872649. PMID: 33793370
Yokota T, Homma A, Kiyota N, Tahara M, Hanai N, Asakage T, Matsuura K, Ogawa T, Saito Y, Sano D, Kodaira T, Motegi A, Yasuda K, Takahashi S, Tanaka K, Onoe T, Okano S, Imamura Y, Ariizumi Y, Hayashi R; Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG) Head and Neck Cancer Study Group
Jpn J Clin Oncol 2020 Sep 28;50(10):1089-1096. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyaa139. PMID: 32776100
Agarwal M, Nabavizadeh SA, Mohan S
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 2017 Oct;38(5):516-530. Epub 2017 May 20 doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2017.05.006. PMID: 29031368
Seiwert TY, Burtness B, Mehra R, Weiss J, Berger R, Eder JP, Heath K, McClanahan T, Lunceford J, Gause C, Cheng JD, Chow LQ
Lancet Oncol 2016 Jul;17(7):956-965. Epub 2016 May 27 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30066-3. PMID: 27247226
Chute DJ, Stelow EB
Diagn Cytopathol 2010 Jan;38(1):65-80. doi: 10.1002/dc.21134. PMID: 19582815

Therapy

Haddad RI, Harrington K, Tahara M, Ferris RL, Gillison M, Fayette J, Daste A, Koralewski P, Zurawski B, Taberna M, Saba NF, Mak M, Kawecki A, Girotto G, Alvarez Avitia MA, Even C, Toledo JGR, Guminski A, Müller-Richter U, Kiyota N, Roberts M, Khan TA, Miller-Moslin K, Wei L, Argiris A
J Clin Oncol 2023 Apr 20;41(12):2166-2180. Epub 2022 Dec 6 doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.00332. PMID: 36473143Free PMC Article
Kojima T, Shah MA, Muro K, Francois E, Adenis A, Hsu CH, Doi T, Moriwaki T, Kim SB, Lee SH, Bennouna J, Kato K, Shen L, Enzinger P, Qin SK, Ferreira P, Chen J, Girotto G, de la Fouchardiere C, Senellart H, Al-Rajabi R, Lordick F, Wang R, Suryawanshi S, Bhagia P, Kang SP, Metges JP; KEYNOTE-181 Investigators
J Clin Oncol 2020 Dec 10;38(35):4138-4148. Epub 2020 Oct 7 doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01888. PMID: 33026938
Burtness B, Harrington KJ, Greil R, Soulières D, Tahara M, de Castro G Jr, Psyrri A, Basté N, Neupane P, Bratland Å, Fuereder T, Hughes BGM, Mesía R, Ngamphaiboon N, Rordorf T, Wan Ishak WZ, Hong RL, González Mendoza R, Roy A, Zhang Y, Gumuscu B, Cheng JD, Jin F, Rischin D; KEYNOTE-048 Investigators
Lancet 2019 Nov 23;394(10212):1915-1928. Epub 2019 Nov 1 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32591-7. PMID: 31679945
Ferris RL, Blumenschein G Jr, Fayette J, Guigay J, Colevas AD, Licitra L, Harrington K, Kasper S, Vokes EE, Even C, Worden F, Saba NF, Iglesias Docampo LC, Haddad R, Rordorf T, Kiyota N, Tahara M, Monga M, Lynch M, Geese WJ, Kopit J, Shaw JW, Gillison ML
N Engl J Med 2016 Nov 10;375(19):1856-1867. Epub 2016 Oct 8 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1602252. PMID: 27718784Free PMC Article
Vermorken JB, Mesia R, Rivera F, Remenar E, Kawecki A, Rottey S, Erfan J, Zabolotnyy D, Kienzer HR, Cupissol D, Peyrade F, Benasso M, Vynnychenko I, De Raucourt D, Bokemeyer C, Schueler A, Amellal N, Hitt R
N Engl J Med 2008 Sep 11;359(11):1116-27. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0802656. PMID: 18784101

Prognosis

Fürstenau M, Kater AP, Robrecht S, von Tresckow J, Zhang C, Gregor M, Thornton P, Staber PB, Tadmor T, Lindström V, Juliusson G, Janssens A, Levin MD, da Cunha-Bang C, Schneider C, Goldschmidt N, Vandenberghe E, Rossi D, Benz R, Nösslinger T, Heintel D, Poulsen CB, Christiansen I, Frederiksen H, Enggaard L, Posthuma EFM, Issa DE, Visser HPJ, Bellido M, Kutsch N, Dürig J, Stehle A, Vöhringer M, Böttcher S, Schulte C, Simon F, Fink AM, Fischer K, Holmes EE, Kreuzer KA, Ritgen M, Brüggemann M, Tausch E, Stilgenbauer S, Hallek M, Niemann CU, Eichhorst B
Lancet Oncol 2024 Jun;25(6):744-759. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00196-7. PMID: 38821083
Psyrri A, Fayette J, Harrington K, Gillison M, Ahn MJ, Takahashi S, Weiss J, Machiels JP, Baxi S, Vasilyev A, Karpenko A, Dvorkin M, Hsieh CY, Thungappa SC, Segura PP, Vynnychenko I, Haddad R, Kasper S, Mauz PS, Baker V, He P, Evans B, Wildsmith S, Olsson RF, Yovine A, Kurland JF, Morsli N, Seiwert TY; KESTREL Investigators
Ann Oncol 2023 Mar;34(3):262-274. Epub 2022 Dec 16 doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.12.008. PMID: 36535565
Kojima T, Shah MA, Muro K, Francois E, Adenis A, Hsu CH, Doi T, Moriwaki T, Kim SB, Lee SH, Bennouna J, Kato K, Shen L, Enzinger P, Qin SK, Ferreira P, Chen J, Girotto G, de la Fouchardiere C, Senellart H, Al-Rajabi R, Lordick F, Wang R, Suryawanshi S, Bhagia P, Kang SP, Metges JP; KEYNOTE-181 Investigators
J Clin Oncol 2020 Dec 10;38(35):4138-4148. Epub 2020 Oct 7 doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01888. PMID: 33026938
Ferris RL, Blumenschein G Jr, Fayette J, Guigay J, Colevas AD, Licitra L, Harrington K, Kasper S, Vokes EE, Even C, Worden F, Saba NF, Iglesias Docampo LC, Haddad R, Rordorf T, Kiyota N, Tahara M, Monga M, Lynch M, Geese WJ, Kopit J, Shaw JW, Gillison ML
N Engl J Med 2016 Nov 10;375(19):1856-1867. Epub 2016 Oct 8 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1602252. PMID: 27718784Free PMC Article
Seiwert TY, Burtness B, Mehra R, Weiss J, Berger R, Eder JP, Heath K, McClanahan T, Lunceford J, Gause C, Cheng JD, Chow LQ
Lancet Oncol 2016 Jul;17(7):956-965. Epub 2016 May 27 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30066-3. PMID: 27247226

Clinical prediction guides

Haddad RI, Harrington K, Tahara M, Ferris RL, Gillison M, Fayette J, Daste A, Koralewski P, Zurawski B, Taberna M, Saba NF, Mak M, Kawecki A, Girotto G, Alvarez Avitia MA, Even C, Toledo JGR, Guminski A, Müller-Richter U, Kiyota N, Roberts M, Khan TA, Miller-Moslin K, Wei L, Argiris A
J Clin Oncol 2023 Apr 20;41(12):2166-2180. Epub 2022 Dec 6 doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.00332. PMID: 36473143Free PMC Article
Kojima T, Shah MA, Muro K, Francois E, Adenis A, Hsu CH, Doi T, Moriwaki T, Kim SB, Lee SH, Bennouna J, Kato K, Shen L, Enzinger P, Qin SK, Ferreira P, Chen J, Girotto G, de la Fouchardiere C, Senellart H, Al-Rajabi R, Lordick F, Wang R, Suryawanshi S, Bhagia P, Kang SP, Metges JP; KEYNOTE-181 Investigators
J Clin Oncol 2020 Dec 10;38(35):4138-4148. Epub 2020 Oct 7 doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01888. PMID: 33026938
Burtness B, Harrington KJ, Greil R, Soulières D, Tahara M, de Castro G Jr, Psyrri A, Basté N, Neupane P, Bratland Å, Fuereder T, Hughes BGM, Mesía R, Ngamphaiboon N, Rordorf T, Wan Ishak WZ, Hong RL, González Mendoza R, Roy A, Zhang Y, Gumuscu B, Cheng JD, Jin F, Rischin D; KEYNOTE-048 Investigators
Lancet 2019 Nov 23;394(10212):1915-1928. Epub 2019 Nov 1 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32591-7. PMID: 31679945
Cohen EEW, Bell RB, Bifulco CB, Burtness B, Gillison ML, Harrington KJ, Le QT, Lee NY, Leidner R, Lewis RL, Licitra L, Mehanna H, Mell LK, Raben A, Sikora AG, Uppaluri R, Whitworth F, Zandberg DP, Ferris RL
J Immunother Cancer 2019 Jul 15;7(1):184. doi: 10.1186/s40425-019-0662-5. PMID: 31307547Free PMC Article
Ferris RL, Blumenschein G Jr, Fayette J, Guigay J, Colevas AD, Licitra L, Harrington KJ, Kasper S, Vokes EE, Even C, Worden F, Saba NF, Docampo LCI, Haddad R, Rordorf T, Kiyota N, Tahara M, Lynch M, Jayaprakash V, Li L, Gillison ML
Oral Oncol 2018 Jun;81:45-51. Epub 2018 Apr 17 doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2018.04.008. PMID: 29884413Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Petzold A, Steeb T, Wessely A, Schatton T, Berking C, Heppt MV
Eur J Cancer 2022 Jul;170:42-53. Epub 2022 May 17 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.03.035. PMID: 35594611
Yin G, Guo W, Duan H, Huang Z
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Lansbury L, Bath-Hextall F, Perkins W, Stanton W, Leonardi-Bee J
BMJ 2013 Nov 4;347:f6153. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f6153. PMID: 24191270Free PMC Article
Lansbury L, Leonardi-Bee J, Perkins W, Goodacre T, Tweed JA, Bath-Hextall FJ
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 Apr 14;2010(4):CD007869. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007869.pub2. PMID: 20393962Free PMC Article

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