Melanoma of unknown primary shows an oncogenic pattern and clinical course of sun-exposed melanoma
The oncogenic pattern of MUP showed a UV signature suggesting an origin in sun-exposed localisations. OS of MUP is comparable to melanoma of known cutaneous primary.
Authors
- S. Ugurel
- Patrick Terheyden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5894-1677)
- Rudolf Alexander Herbst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4238-9486)
- Michael Weichenthal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9060-4961)
- Wolfgang Galetzka
- Alpaslan Tasdogan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2543-852X)
- Elisabeth Livingstone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8279-9239)
- Antje Sucker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2753-9626)
- Ulrike Leiter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8019-1577)
- Daniel J. Tilkorn
- J. Dollani
- Florian Rambow
- Lisa Zimmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3680-3521)
- Andreas Stang
- Klaus Griewank
- Bastian Schilling
- Friedegund Meier
- Peter Mohr
- Georg Lodde
- Dirk Schadendorf
- Carola Berking
- Jochen Utikal
- Claudia Pföhler
- Anne Zaremba
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (DE)
- National Cancer Centre Japan (JP)
- Universitäres Kinderwunschzentrum Lübeck (DE)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- Essen University Hospital (DE)
- Klinikum Bielefeld (DE)
- University Hospital Frankfurt (DE)
- Elbe Kliniken Stade-Buxtehude (DE)
- STZ eyetrial (DE)
- Helios Klinikum Erfurt (DE)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen (DE)
- University Medical Centre Mannheim (DE)
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
- Johannes Wesling Klinikum Minden (DE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- Saarland University (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Dermatology
- Published
- 2025-12-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf499
- Primary Topic
- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00