Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Preferred Label : Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma;

NCIt synonyms : Cancer of Nasopharynx; Cancer of the Nasopharynx; Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx; Carcinoma of Nasopharynx; NPC;

NCIt related terms : Nasopharyngeal Throat Cancer; nasopharyngeal cancer; Nasopharynx Cancer;

NCIt definition : A carcinoma arising from the nasopharyngeal epithelium. It includes the following types: keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma, nonkeratinizing carcinoma (differentiated and undifferentiated), basaloid squamous cell carcinoma, and papillary adenocarcinoma.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Cancer that forms in tissues of the nasopharynx (upper part of the throat behind the nose). Most nasopharyngeal cancers are squamous cell carcinomas (cancer that begins in flat cells lining the nasopharynx).;

Neoplastic status : Malignant;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000445072; 10028786;

Details

Origin ID

C3871;

UMLS CUI

C2931822;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Nasopharynx carcinoma [PASCAL descriptor]
- lymphoepithelial carcinoma [SNOMED Notion]
- nasopharyngeal neoplasms [MeSH Descriptor]
- nuclear pore [GO term]
- throat cancer [MedlinePlus Topic]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Malignant neoplasms of nasopharynx [ICD-11 Category]
- Malignant tumor of nasopharynx (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma [MeSH Descriptor]
- Nasopharyngeal cancer [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Nasopharyngeal cancer NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [MeSH concept]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [OMIM Phenotype]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [ORDO Disease]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [MedDRA LLT]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (disorder) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Nasopharynx cancer [PASCAL descriptor]
- cancer of nasopharynx [MeSH concept]
- nasopharynx carcinoma [DO Concept]
Disease excludes abnormal cell
- Malignant Stromal Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Smooth Muscle Cell [NCIt concept]
Disease may have findings
- Headache [NCIt concept]
- Nasal Obstruction [NCIt concept]
- Neck Mass [NCIt concept]
- Rhinorrhea [NCIt concept]
- Tinnitus [NCIt concept]
- Weight Loss [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Nasopharynx [NCIt concept]
- Neck [NCIt concept]
- Pharynx [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma [MeSH Descriptor]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [MedDRA LLT]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [OMIM Phenotype]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [MeSH concept]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma [ORDO Disease]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (disorder) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
- nasopharynx cancer [Disease (Nov.)]
concept_is_in_subset
- CPTAC Codelists Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Medical Conditions Codelist [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Neoplasms Codelist [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTS-API Disease Main Type Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Cellosaurus Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Cellosaurus Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Trials Search-Application Programming Interface Disease Category Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NCI CTEP SDC Nasopharyngeal Cancer Sub-Category Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NCI CTEP Simplified Disease Classification 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_associated_gene
- MIR29C Gene [NCIt concept]
- MIR29C wt Allele [NCIt concept]
- TP53 Gene [NCIt concept]
- TP53 wt Allele [NCIt concept]
- TP53*1 Allele [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]
- Nasopharynx Epithelium [NCIt concept]
disease_has_primary_anatomic_site
- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Nasopharynx [NCIt concept]
- Neck [NCIt concept]
- Pharynx [NCIt concept]
- Throat [NCIt concept]
disease_mapped_to_gene
- HLA-A Gene [NCIt concept]
neoplasm_has_special_category
- Solid Neoplasm [NCIt concept]
pathogenesis_of_disease_involves_gene
- HLA-A Gene [NCIt concept]
- HLA-A wt Allele [NCIt concept]

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