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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: CA Cancer J Clin. 2022 Aug 2;73(1):72–112. doi: 10.3322/caac.21752

Table 4:

Summary of incidence, molecular expression, prognosis and treatment of sinonasal malignancies

Disease entity Incidence Molecular expression Prognosis
Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma 61% of sinonasal cancers TP53, EGFR, FGFR1, SOX2 amplification, microsatellite instability, KRAS rarely 5-year OS 50%
Sinonasal Adenocarcinoma 27% of sinonasal cancers ETV6 fusions rarely seen 5-year OS 66.7%
Sinonasal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma 2% of sinonasal cancers mutations of TP53 and RB1, up-regulation of BCL2 signaling, and activation of MYC and PI3K pathways 5-year DSS 70.2%
Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma 5% of sinonasal cancers IDH2 mutations, P53 mutations, CDKN2A/2B loss-of-, MYC amplification SETD2 5-year OS 34.9%
Primary Mucosal Melanoma Rare (< 1%) KIT, BRAF, loss of p16 expression, CDKN2A mutations, and/or loss of heterozygosity for CDKN2A 5-year OS 22%
NUT Carcinoma Rare (< 1%) Translocations involving the NUT gene on 15q14, TP53 suppression 2-year OS 0%
Extranodal NK/T Cell Lymphoma Rare (< 1%) JAK/STAT activation, mutations of DDX3X, dmutations in tumor suppressor genes such as TP53, PRDM1, FOXO3, and HACE2 5-year OS 42%
Esthesioneuroblastoma 2–6% TP53, c-kit, PDGFR-b, EGFR, FGF-FGFR1 signaling, Sonic hedgehog pathway; apoptosis-related pathways (Bcl-2, TRAIL) and neoangiogenesis (VEGF; KDR) 5-year OS 62%