Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is a malignant primary brain cancer, among the most devastating and lethal diseases of the central nervous system. Similarly, malignant melanoma (MM) is responsible for most skin cancer–related deaths. A link between those 2 aggressive cancers has not yet been established. We present here a systematic review of the literature and an exemplificative case. Methods: A systematic review of the literature was conducted to assess possible commonalities between MM and GBM. An exemplificative surgical vignette of a 73-year-old patient with the occurrence of a frontobasal GBM after surgical removal of a metastasis of MM in the same location was then detailed. Results: Fifteen studies published in the English international literature support a link between MM and GBM, both based on epidemiologic and pathophysiologic/genetic aspects. This theory is reinforced by our surgical vignette of a collision tumor with the occurrence of both tumors in the same location several years apart. Conclusions: The evidence reported in the literature, as well as our surgical vignette, support a likely link between the pathogenesis of GBM and MM.

Todeschi, J., Dannhoff, G., Chibbaro, S., Segbedji, F., Spatola, G., Mallereau, C.-., et al. (2023). Second Cancer Affecting the Central Nervous System: Systematic Literature Review Exploring the Link Between Malignant Melanoma and Glioblastoma. WORLD NEUROSURGERY, 179, 178-184 [10.1016/j.wneu.2023.08.073].

Second Cancer Affecting the Central Nervous System: Systematic Literature Review Exploring the Link Between Malignant Melanoma and Glioblastoma

Chibbaro S.;
2023-01-01

Abstract

Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is a malignant primary brain cancer, among the most devastating and lethal diseases of the central nervous system. Similarly, malignant melanoma (MM) is responsible for most skin cancer–related deaths. A link between those 2 aggressive cancers has not yet been established. We present here a systematic review of the literature and an exemplificative case. Methods: A systematic review of the literature was conducted to assess possible commonalities between MM and GBM. An exemplificative surgical vignette of a 73-year-old patient with the occurrence of a frontobasal GBM after surgical removal of a metastasis of MM in the same location was then detailed. Results: Fifteen studies published in the English international literature support a link between MM and GBM, both based on epidemiologic and pathophysiologic/genetic aspects. This theory is reinforced by our surgical vignette of a collision tumor with the occurrence of both tumors in the same location several years apart. Conclusions: The evidence reported in the literature, as well as our surgical vignette, support a likely link between the pathogenesis of GBM and MM.
2023
Todeschi, J., Dannhoff, G., Chibbaro, S., Segbedji, F., Spatola, G., Mallereau, C.-., et al. (2023). Second Cancer Affecting the Central Nervous System: Systematic Literature Review Exploring the Link Between Malignant Melanoma and Glioblastoma. WORLD NEUROSURGERY, 179, 178-184 [10.1016/j.wneu.2023.08.073].
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