Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Preferred Label : Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma;

MeSH definition : A carcinoma that originates in the EPITHELIUM of the NASOPHARYNX and includes four subtypes: keratinizing squamous cell, non-keratinizing, basaloid squamous cell, and PAPILLARY ADENOCARCINOMA. It is most prevalent in Southeast Asian populations and is associated with EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS. Somatic mutations associated with this cancer have been identified in NPCR, BAP1, UBAP1, ERBB2, ERBB3, MLL2, PIK3CA, KRAS, NRAS, and ARID1A genes.;

MeSH synonym : Carcinoma, Nasopharyngeal; Carcinomas, Nasopharyngeal; Nasopharyngeal Carcinomas;

MeSH annotation : coordinate IM with NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS (IM);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasopharyngeal carcinoma;

Details

Origin ID

D000077274;

UMLS CUI

C2931822;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
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- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
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- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
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- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
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Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- FACT-NP Questionnaire [NCIt concept]
- NCI CTEP SDC Nasopharyngeal Cancer Sub-Category Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Nasopharynx carcinoma [PASCAL descriptor]
- lymphoepithelial carcinoma [SNOMED Notion]
CISMeF manual mappings
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [ORDO Disease]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (disorder) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Malignant neoplasms of nasopharynx [ICD-11 Category]
- Malignant tumor of nasopharynx (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma [NCIt concept]
- Nasopharyngeal cancer [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [OMIM Phenotype]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [MedDRA LLT]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Nasopharynx cancer [PASCAL descriptor]
- nasopharynx carcinoma [DO Concept]
Record concept(s)
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma [NCIt concept]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [ORDO Disease]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [MedDRA LLT]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [OMIM Phenotype]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (disorder) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]

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