Postcricoid Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Preferred Label : Postcricoid Squamous Cell Carcinoma;

NCIt synonyms : Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Postcricoid Area; Epidermoid Carcinoma of Postcricoid Area; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Postcricoid Area; Postcricoid Epidermoid Carcinoma; Epidermoid Carcinoma of the Postcricoid Area;

NCIt definition : A squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx that arises from the postcricoid region.;

Neoplastic status : Malignant;

Details

Origin ID

C8185;

UMLS CUI

C0280322;

Disease excludes abnormal cell
- Malignant Stromal Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Glandular Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Smooth Muscle Cell [NCIt concept]
Disease may have findings
- Dysphagia [NCIt concept]
- Hemoptysis [NCIt concept]
- Neck Mass [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Hypopharynx [NCIt concept]
- Neck [NCIt concept]
- Pharynx [NCIt concept]
- Postcricoid Region [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
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- Benign Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- Mixed Neoplastic Glandular and Squamous Cell Population [NCIt concept]
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- Malignant Cell [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Squamous Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Squamous Cell [NCIt concept]
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- Carcinomatous Component Present [NCIt concept]
- Epithelial Component Present [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
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- Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
- Squamous Cell [NCIt concept]
disease_has_normal_tissue_origin
- Epithelial Tissue [NCIt concept]
disease_has_primary_anatomic_site
- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Hypopharynx [NCIt concept]
- Neck [NCIt concept]
- Pharynx [NCIt concept]
- Postcricoid Region [NCIt concept]
- Throat [NCIt concept]
disease_may_have_molecular_abnormality
- EGFR Protein Overexpression [NCIt concept]

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