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Malignant neoplasms of prostate

Malignant neoplasms of prostate (prostate cancer): mostly adenocarcinomas of the prostate gland; median diagnosis age 67; screened by PSA; managed with active surveillance, surgery, radiation, hormone therapy.

Malignant neoplasms of rectum

Malignant neoplasms of rectum (rectal cancer, ICD-11 2B92, ICD-10 C20): cancers of the rectum, mostly adenocarcinoma, staged by TNM, treated with neoadjuvant therapy, surgery, and surveillance.

Malignant neoplasms of retroperitoneum

Malignant neoplasms of retroperitoneum (ICD-11 2C50): primary or metastatic cancers of the retroperitoneal space, mostly sarcomas (liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma); surgery is the only curative treatment.

Malignant neoplasms of the pleura

Malignant neoplasms of the pleura are cancers of the membrane lining the chest cavity and lungs, in practice dominated by malignant pleural mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer caused by asbestos exposure.

Oct 20, 2026

Malignant neoplasms of thymus

Malignant neoplasms of thymus (thymus cancer): mainly thymic epithelial tumors, thymoma and thymic carcinoma, rare anterior mediastinal cancers under 1.5% of malignancies, often with myasthenia gravis, staged by 8th edition TNM, treated by surgery plus chemoradiotherapy.

Malignant neoplasms of trachea

Malignant neoplasms of the trachea are rare cancers of the windpipe, under 0.5% of all cancers, usually squamous cell or adenoid cystic carcinoma, causing wheezing and breathlessness.

Malignant otitis externa

Malignant otitis externa, also called necrotizing otitis externa or skull base osteomyelitis, is a rare invasive Pseudomonas infection of the ear canal spreading to the temporal bone and skull base, mainly in older diabetic patients.

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST), also called malignant schwannoma or neurofibrosarcoma, is a rare aggressive soft tissue sarcoma of nerve sheath cells; about half of cases occur in neurofibromatosis type 1, with five-year survival roughly 20 to 69%.

Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma

Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, DMPM) is a rare aggressive cancer of the abdominal mesothelium, 10-30% of mesotheliomas, 300-400 US cases yearly, treated with CRS-HIPEC or platinum-pemetrexed or nivolumab-ipilimumab.

Oct 20, 2026

Malignant phyllodes tumour of breast

Malignant phyllodes tumour of the breast (cystosarcoma phyllodes, malignant phyllodes tumor): highest-grade rare fibroepithelial breast tumour, ~0.5% of breast tumours; WHO 2026 requires 4 of 5 adverse criteria; treated by excision with negative margins; ~14% metastasize, usually to lung.

Malignant Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor of the ovary

Malignant Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor of the ovary (androblastoma, arrhenoblastoma; ORPHA:99916): rare malignant sex cord-stromal ovarian tumor of young women, androgen-secreting with virilization, DICER1-mutated in 60%, treated by surgery plus risk-adapted chemotherapy.

Malignant teratoma of ovary

Malignant teratoma of ovary (immature teratoma) is a rare malignant ovarian germ cell tumor of young women, graded by immature neuroepithelium, treated with fertility-sparing surgery and BEP chemotherapy, with excellent survival.

Malignant tumor of fallopian tubes

Malignant tumor of fallopian tubes, or fallopian tube cancer, a rare gynecological carcinoma often arising near the fimbria and linked to BRCA mutations; treated like ovarian cancer with surgery and platinum chemotherapy.

Malik (film)

Malik is a 2021 Malayalam drama directed by Mahesh Narayanan, starring Fahadh Faasil as Sulaiman Malik in a Kerala coastal story spanning 1965 to 2018; released on Amazon Prime Video after COVID delays, with a Beemapally 2009 firing controversy.

Malik (مَلِك)

Malik (مَلِك) is an Arabic masculine name meaning "king", also a transcription of Maalik ("owner"); al-Malik is one of the 99 names of Allah. It is a South Asian and Assyrian surname, a title, and an unrelated Greenlandic name meaning "wave, sea".

Malik Altunia

Malik Altunia (ملک التونیہ) was a Turkic military noble who held Bhatinda under Sultan Razia, rebelled against her in 1240, married her, and died beside her at Kaithal.

Malik Ambar

Malik Ambar (1548–1626), born Chapu, an Ethiopian Habshi slave sold through Mocha and Baghdad, rose to regent of the Ahmadnagar sultanate in India, fought the Mughals with Maratha light cavalry, won the 1624 Battle of Bhatvadi, and founded Aurangabad.

Malik Ambar's campaigns against the Mughals

Malik Ambar's campaigns against the Mughals were the wars fought by Ahmadnagar's regent Malik Ambar against Mughal expansion in the Deccan, ending with his death in 1626.

Malik Ambar's wars against the Mughals

Malik Ambar's wars against the Mughals (ملک امبر) were campaigns fought in the Deccan from about 1601 to 1626 between the Mughal Empire and the Ahmadnagar sultanate.

Malik Ayyaz

Malik Ayyaz (ملک ایاز) was a Georgian-born slave who rose to become governor of Diu and admiral of Gujarat, serving the sultans Mahmud Begada and Muzaffar Shah II.

Sep 27, 2026

Malik Azmani

Malik Azmani is a Dutch VVD politician who served in the Dutch House of Representatives from 2010 to 2019 and has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.

Malik Beasley

Malik Beasley, born 1996, American shooting guard, 2016 first-round pick of the Denver Nuggets, high-volume NBA three-point specialist for six teams, later indicted in a federal sports betting case.

Malik Delgaty

Malik Delgaty (Justin Lesage), Canadian gay adult film performer from Montreal, Men.com exclusive since 2020, multi-time GayVN winner and repeatedly the most-searched gay performer; also a Dsquared2 campaign model.

Malik Elassal (مالك العسال)

Malik Elassal (مالك العسال) is a Lebanese-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor, born in 1996, known for playing Samir in the FX series Adults and for a widely viewed Don't Tell Comedy set.

Malik Ghulam Muhammad (ملک غلام محمد)

Malik Ghulam Muhammad (ملک غلام محمد), 1895-1956, Pakistani financier and third Governor-General (1951-55), first finance minister, dismissed PM Nazimuddin in 1953 and dissolved the Constituent Assembly in 1954.

Malik Henry (quarterback)

Malik Henry is an American quarterback best known for starring in seasons three and four of Netflix's Last Chance U at Independence Community College in Kansas.

Malik ibn Anas (مالك بن أنس)

Malik ibn Anas (مالك بن أنس), known as Imam Malik, was a jurist of Medina whose legal school, the Maliki, remains one of four Sunni schools.

Oct 10, 2026

Malik ibn Aws al-Nasri

Malik ibn Aws al-Nasri (مالك بن أوس النصري) was an early Medinan hadith narrator who served under Caliph Umar and appears in both Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim.

Malik ibn Nuwayra

Malik ibn Nuwayra (مالك بن نويرة) was a Banu Tamim chief, poet, and warrior who collected zakat for Muhammad and was killed by Khalid ibn al-Walid in 632.