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Digestive System Diseases > Gastrointestinal Diseases > Esophageal Diseases > Esophageal Neoplasms > Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Digestive System Diseases > Gastrointestinal Diseases > Gastrointestinal Neoplasms > Esophageal Neoplasms > Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Digestive System Diseases > Digestive System Neoplasms > Gastrointestinal Neoplasms > Esophageal Neoplasms > Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Site > Digestive System Neoplasms > Gastrointestinal Neoplasms > Esophageal Neoplasms > Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Site > Head and Neck Neoplasms > Esophageal Neoplasms > Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Neoplasms, Squamous Cell > Carcinoma, Squamous Cell > Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Carcinoma > Carcinoma, Squamous Cell > Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Preferred term

Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Note

  • coordinate with ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS

Scope note

  • A carcinoma that originates usually from cells on the surface of the middle and lower third of the ESOPHAGUS. Tumor cells exhibit typical squamous morphology and form large polypoid lesions. Mutations in RNF6, LZTS1, TGFBR2, DEC1, and WWOX1 genes are associated with this cancer.

History note

  • 2019 (2012)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077277

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