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Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Site > Head and Neck Neoplasms > Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Carcinoma > Carcinoma, Squamous Cell > Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Neoplasms, Squamous Cell > Carcinoma, Squamous Cell > Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

Preferred term

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell of Head and Neck
  • Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas
  • HNSCC
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Head And Neck
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

Note

  • coordinate with HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS

Scope note

  • The most common type of head and neck carcinoma that originates from cells on the surface of the NASAL CAVITY; MOUTH; PARANASAL SINUSES, SALIVARY GLANDS, and LARYNX. Mutations in TNFRSF10B, PTEN, and ING1 genes are associated with this cancer.

History note

  • 2019 (2009)

In other languages

  • pään ja kaulan levyepiteelikarsinooma

    Finnish

  • kaulan levyepiteelikarsinooma
  • kaulan pahanlaatuinen levyepiteelikasvain
  • kaulan pahanlaatuinen levyepiteelisyöpä
  • pään ja kaulan pahanlaatuinen levyepiteelikasvain
  • pään ja kaulan pahanlaatuinen levyepiteelisyöpä
  • pään ja kaulan spinosellulaarinen karsinooma
  • pään levyepiteelikarsinooma
  • pään pahanlaatuinen levyepiteelikasvain
  • pään pahanlaatuinen levyepiteelisyöpä
  • Skivepitelkarcinom i huvud och hals

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077195

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