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... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Carcinoma > Adenocarcinoma > Adenocarcinoma, Papillary > Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
Endocrine System Diseases > Endocrine Gland Neoplasms > Thyroid Neoplasms > Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Site > Endocrine Gland Neoplasms > Thyroid Neoplasms > Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
Endocrine System Diseases > Thyroid Diseases > Thyroid Neoplasms > Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Site > Head and Neck Neoplasms > Thyroid Neoplasms > Thyroid Cancer, Papillary

Preferred term

Thyroid Cancer, Papillary  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Carcinoma, Papillary Thyroid
  • Carcinomas, Papillary Thyroid
  • Papillary Carcinoma Of Thyroid
  • Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
  • Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas
  • Thyroid Carcinoma, Papillary
  • Thyroid Carcinomas, Papillary

Note

  • coordinate IM with THYROID NEOPLASMS (IM)

Scope note

  • An ADENOCARCINOMA that originates from follicular cells of the THYROID GLAND and accounts for the majority of THYROID CANCER cases. Cells exhibit enlarged, oval, or elongated morphologies with clear, round, nuclei. Fusions of RET, NTRK1, TPM3, and PCM1 genes are associated with this cancer.

History note

  • 2019 (2010)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077273

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