Melanoma, Desmoplastic Neurotrophic malady

MalaCards: Melanoma, Desmoplastic Neurotrophic, also known as melanoma, is related to cutaneous malignant melanoma and melanoma metastasis. An important gene associated with Melanoma, Desmoplastic Neurotrophic is NF1 (neurofibromin 1). The drugs interferon alfa 2-b and interferon alfacon-1 have been mentioned in the context of this disorder.

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Diseases related to melanoma, desmoplastic neurotrophic by text searches and GeneDecks gene sharing:

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id	Related Disease	Score	Top Affiliating Genes
1	cutaneous malignant melanoma	10.5
2	melanoma metastasis	9.8
3	skin cancer	9.5
4	familial melanoma	9.4
5	skin melanoma	9.1
6	ocular melanoma	9.1
7	choroiditis	8.9
8	microphthalmia	8.8
9	nevus	8.6
10	desmoplastic melanoma	8.5
11	amelanotic melanoma	8.4
12	nodular melanoma	8.4
13	clear cell sarcoma	8.3
14	intraocular melanoma	8.1
15	acral lentiginous melanoma	8.0
16	posterior uveal melanoma	8.0
17	superficial spreading melanoma	7.6
18	vitiligo	7.6
19	lentigo maligna melanoma	7.5
20	primary gastrointestinal melanoma	7.4
21	hepatocellular carcinoma	7.3
22	malignant spindle cell melanoma	7.3
23	dysplastic nevus syndrome	7.1
24	malignant conjunctiva melanoma	7.0
25	nodular malignant melanoma	7.0
26	squamous cell carcinoma	7.0
27	soft tissue sarcoma	6.8
28	xeroderma pigmentosum	6.8
29	basal cell carcinoma	6.8
30	choroid spindle cell melanoma	6.8
31	ciliary body spindle cell melanoma	6.8
32	malignant ciliary body melanoma	6.8
33	primary malignant melanoma of the cervix	6.8
34	rectum malignant melanoma	6.8
35	vulvar melanoma	6.6
36	cdkn2a-related cutaneous malignant melanoma	6.6
37	epithelioid cell melanoma	6.6
38	gallbladder melanoma	6.6
39	intraocular mixed cell type melanoma	6.6
40	kidney cancer	6.6
41	malignant breast melanoma	6.6
42	malignant anus melanoma	6.6
43	malignant cornea melanoma	6.6
44	malignant choroid melanoma	6.6
45	malignant iris melanoma	6.6
46	pancreatic carcinoma	6.6
47	peritonitis	6.6
48	spinal cord melanoma	6.6
49	vaccinia	6.6
50	adult leptomeningeal melanoma	6.4

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Drug clinical trials:

Inferred drug relations via UMLS/NDF-RT:

^43 28 aldesleukin, bleomycin, bleomycin sulfate, carmustine, dacarbazine, dactinomycin, docetaxel, hydroxyurea, interferon, interferon alfa 2-b, interferon alfa-2a, interferon alfa-2a,recombinant, interferon alfa-2b, interferon alfa-2b,recombinant, interferon alfa-3n,human leukocyte derived, interferon alfacon-1, interferon beta-1a,recombinant, interferon beta-1b,recombinant, interferon gamma-1b, lomustine, peginterferon alfa-2a, peginterferon alfa-2b, procarbazine, procarbazine hydrochloride, temozolomide

Genes related to melanoma, desmoplastic neurotrophic according to GeneCards:

id	Symbol	Description	Score	GeneCards Section Context
1	NF1	neurofibromin 1	11.1	Disorders