Cancer Stem Cell

Preferred Label : Cancer Stem Cell;

NCIt definition : A malignant cell which may derive from mutations in normal stem cells. Cancer stem cells proliferate and give rise to other malignant cells. They may be present in very small numbers in the tumor and may not be present in all tumors. Many investigators believe that cancer stem cells cause relapse of the tumor and that novel cancer therapies should specifically target those cells.;

Details

Origin ID

C68706;

UMLS CUI

C1956422;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- neoplastic stem cells [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- cancer stem cells [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- cancer stem cells [MeSH concept]
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- CTRP Biomarker Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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