Preferred Label : Germ Cell Tumor;
NCIt synonyms : Neoplasm of Germ Cell; Tumor of the Germ Cell; Tumor of Germ Cell; Germ Cell Neoplasm; Neoplasm of the Germ Cell;
NCIt related terms : Germ cell tumor, NOS; Germ Cell Neoplasms;
CISMeF acronym : GCT;
NCIt definition : A benign or malignant, gonadal or extragonadal neoplasm that originates from germ
cells. Representative examples include teratoma, seminoma, embryonal carcinoma, and
yolk sac tumor.;
Alternative definition : NICHD: A benign or malignant, gonadal or extragonadal neoplasm that originates from
germ cells. Representative examples include teratoma, seminoma, embryonal carcinoma,
yolk sac tumor, choriocarcinoma, dysgerminoma, and germinoma.; NCI-GLOSS: A type of tumor that begins in the cells that give rise to sperm or eggs.
Germ cell tumors can occur almost anywhere in the body and can be either benign or
malignant.;
Neoplastic status : Undetermined;
Codes from synonyms : CDR0000045695;
Origin ID : C3708;
UMLS CUI : C0205851;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
CISMeF manual mappings
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
DO Cross reference
Disease excludes abnormal cell
HPO term
Semantic type(s)
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
concept_is_in_subset
disease_has_abnormal_cell
disease_has_associated_disease
disease_has_associated_gene
disease_has_normal_cell_origin
disease_has_normal_tissue_origin
human_disease_maps_to_eo_disease
may_be_associated_disease_of_disease
neoplasm_has_special_category