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Malignant neoplastic disease

MedGen UID:
14297
•Concept ID:
C0006826
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Cancer
SNOMED CT: Malignant neoplastic disease (363346000); Cancer (363346000); CA - Cancer (363346000); Malignant neoplasm (363346000); Malignant tumor (363346000); Malignant neoplasm morphology (1240414004); Malignancy (1240414004); Malignant tumor (1240414004); Blastoma (1240414004); Malignant neoplasm (1240414004); Cancer (1240414004); Unclassified malignant tumor (1240414004)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004992

Definition

A neoplasm composed of atypical neoplastic, often pleomorphic cells that invade other tissues. Malignant neoplasms often metastasize to distant anatomic sites and may recur after excision. The most common malignant neoplasms are carcinomas, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas, leukemias, melanomas, and sarcomas. [from NCI]

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  • Malignant neoplastic disease

Professional guidelines

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Intrathecal chemotherapy for treatment of leptomeningeal dissemination of metastatic tumours.
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Curated

UK NICE Guideline NG12, Suspected cancer: recognition and referral, 2023

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The impact of industrialization on malignant neoplastic disease of bone in England: A study of medieval and industrial samples.
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Diagnosis

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Int J Paleopathol 2022 Sep;38:32-40. Epub 2022 Jun 23 doi: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2022.05.007. PMID: 35753114
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New prognostic biomarkers in multiple myeloma.
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Therapy

The role of liver surgery in simultaneous synchronous colorectal liver metastases and colorectal cancer resections: a literature review of 1730 patients underwent open and minimally invasive surgery.
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Prognosis

The impact of industrialization on malignant neoplastic disease of bone in England: A study of medieval and industrial samples.
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Qin X, Zhang MY, Liu WJ
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2018 Oct;22(20):6885-6895. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_201810_16158. PMID: 30402854
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Hopping BL
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Clinical prediction guides

The impact of industrialization on malignant neoplastic disease of bone in England: A study of medieval and industrial samples.
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Evolving therapeutic strategies for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Expert Opin Pharmacother 2021 Dec;22(18):2495-2506. Epub 2021 Jul 15 doi: 10.1080/14656566.2021.1953473. PMID: 34252328
Descriptive Analysis of Everolimus Conversion in Liver Transplant Recipients With Malignant Neoplastic Disease.
Nogueras López F, Espinosa Aguilar MD, Abellán Alfocea P, Ortega Suazo EJ, González Sánchez M, Redondo Cerezo E, López Garrido MA
Transplant Proc 2020 Mar;52(2):553-555. Epub 2020 Feb 5 doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.12.011. PMID: 32035682
Application of minimal residual disease monitoring in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Qin X, Zhang MY, Liu WJ
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2018 Oct;22(20):6885-6895. doi: 10.26355/eurrev_201810_16158. PMID: 30402854
Nursing students' attitudes toward death.
Hopping BL
Nurs Res 1977 Nov-Dec;26(6):443-7. doi: 10.1097/00006199-197711000-00023. PMID: 243798

Recent systematic reviews

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