Preferred Label : Adenocarcinoma;
NCIt related terms : ADENOCARCINOMA, MALIGNANT; Adenocarcinoma, NOS;
NCIt definition : A common cancer characterized by the presence of malignant glandular cells. Morphologically,
adenocarcinomas are classified according to the growth pattern (e.g., papillary, alveolar)
or according to the secreting product (e.g., mucinous, serous). Representative examples
of adenocarcinoma are ductal and lobular breast carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, renal
cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma), colon adenocarcinoma, and prostate
adenocarcinoma.;
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Cancer that begins in cells that line certain internal organs and that
have gland-like (secretory) properties.; CDISC: A malignant neoplasm arising from glandular cells.;
Neoplastic status : Malignant;
ICD-O code : 8140/3;
Codes from synonyms : CDR0000046216; 10001166;
Origin ID : C2852;
UMLS CUI : C0001418;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
DO Cross reference
Disease excludes abnormal cell
HPO term
Semantic type(s)
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
associated_with_malfunction_of_gene_product
concept_is_in_subset
disease_excludes_finding
disease_has_abnormal_cell
disease_has_associated_disease
disease_has_associated_gene
disease_has_finding
disease_has_normal_cell_origin
disease_has_normal_tissue_origin
human_disease_maps_to_eo_disease