Throat Carcinoma

Preferred Label : Throat Carcinoma;

NCIt related terms : throat cancer;

NCIt definition : Carcinoma, predominantly squamous cell, arising from epithelial cells of the larynx or pharynx.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Cancer that forms in tissues of the pharynx (the hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the windpipe and esophagus). Throat cancer includes cancer of the nasopharynx (the upper part of the throat behind the nose), the oropharynx (the middle part of the pharynx), and the hypopharynx (the bottom part of the pharynx). Cancer of the larynx (voice box) may also be included as a type of throat cancer. Most throat cancers are squamous cell carcinomas (cancer that begins in thin, flat cells that look like fish scales).;

Neoplastic status : Malignant;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000390283;

Details

Origin ID

C35506;

UMLS CUI

C0740339;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Throat cancer [HPMULTI term]
- head and neck cancer [MedlinePlus Topic]
- pharyngeal neoplasms [MeSH Descriptor]
- throat cancer [MedlinePlus Topic]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Throat cancer [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Throat cancer NOS [MedDRA LLT]
Disease excludes abnormal cell
- Malignant Stromal Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Smooth Muscle Cell [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Neck [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Throat cancer [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Throat cancer NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- throat cancer [MedlinePlus Topic]
concept_is_in_subset
- GDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Value Terminology [NCIt concept]
disease_excludes_finding
- Benign Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
disease_has_abnormal_cell
- Malignant Cell [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
disease_has_finding
- Carcinomatous Component Present [NCIt concept]
- Epithelial Component Present [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
disease_has_normal_cell_origin
- Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
disease_has_normal_tissue_origin
- Epithelial Tissue [NCIt concept]
disease_has_primary_anatomic_site
- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Neck [NCIt concept]
- Throat [NCIt concept]

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