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Ciliary Body Melanoma · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Morphology
Melanocytic Neoplasm
Uveal Melanocytic Neoplasm
Uveal Melanoma
Ciliary Body Melanoma

Subtype

Ciliary Body Melanoma

CI-CAN-00002372Explore in graph →

NCIt: C4558

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Data completeness1 / 7 dimensions

Epidemiology (no data yet)
Survival (no data yet)
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Literature (data present)
Genomics (no data yet)
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Definition

What this entity is

A rare uveal melanoma that arises from the ciliary body. Patients may present with blurred vision, visual field loss, floaters, and ocular pain. The prognosis is usually poor.

Definition text as published by ncit-evsProvenance

Source: NCI Thesaurus (NCIt)
Dataset: NCI Thesaurus
Version: 26.08e
Retrieved: Sep 8, 2026
Layer: raw (as published)
Evidence: expert curation
License: CC BY 4.0
Run: ING-NCITEVS-20260908-000001

Open at source Curated

Data updated 22 days agoSource updated 26.08e

Taxonomy

Position in the hierarchies

Several hierarchies coexist; edges are listed per hierarchy type with their source.

Parents

ncit

Malignant Ciliary Body NeoplasmSubtype
Uveal MelanomaSubtype

Children (4)

ncit

Ciliary Body Epithelioid Cell Melanoma
Ciliary Body Intermediate Cell Type Melanoma
Ciliary Body Mixed Epithelioid and Spindle Cell Melanoma
Ciliary Body Spindle Cell Melanoma2 sub

6 descendants in total; counters on this page aggregate over all of them.

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

EyeC12401

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00002372
Entity type: Subtype
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Solid tumor
Pediatric relevant: Not flagged
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 5
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active): 0 / 0

Publications (all / 5y)

310 / 48

Evidence items

0

Genes / variants

0 / 0

Drugs (any / approved)

0 / 0

Genomic cohorts

0

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 3 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (5)

Ciliary Body Malignant Melanomasynonym · NCIt
Malignant Melanoma of Ciliary Bodysynonym · NCIt
Malignant Melanoma of the Ciliary Bodysynonym · NCIt
Melanoma of Ciliary Bodysynonym · NCIt
Melanoma of the Ciliary Bodysynonym · NCIt

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Key figures

At a glance

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No registry-level ancestor: burden figures are published for the mutually exclusive top-level site groups only, and this entity does not descend from one. Global figures (IARC / GLOBOCAN) stay under license review and SEER awaits credentials.

Active trials0countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputednot in a current ranking snapshot
Recruiting trials0countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputednot in a current ranking snapshot
Curated evidence items0countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputednot in a current ranking snapshot
Publications, last 12 months9countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #1033 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts0countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputednot in a current ranking snapshot

Data updated 3 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: none · counters aggregate over descendants