OntologyTerm thyroid carcinoma

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A carcinoma arising from the thyroid gland. It is usually an adenocarcinoma and includes the following main subtypes: follicular, papillary, medullary, poorly differentiated, and anaplastic. -- A carcinoma arising from the thyroid gland. It is usually an adenocarcinoma and includes the following main subtypes: follicular, papillary, medullary, poorly differentiated, and anaplastic. A malignant neoplasm that develops or arises in the thyroid gland. Cancer that forms in the thyroid gland (an organ at the base of the throat that makes hormones that help control heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and weight). Four main types of thyroid cancer are papillary, follicular, medullary, and anaplastic thyroid cancer. The four types are based on how the cancer cells look under a microscope. (EFO)
namespace 
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo
parents 
  1. thyroid cancer
  2. carcinoma
preferred_name 
thyroid carcinoma
references 
  1. None
source_ontologies 
  1. Experimental Factor Ontology
synonyms 
  1. thyroid gland cancer
  2. thyroid carcinoma
  3. carcinoma of thyroid gland
  4. carcinoma of thyroid
  5. cancer of the thyroid
  6. thyroid gland carcinoma
  7. cancer of thyroid
  8. head and neck cancer, thyroid
  9. carcinoma of the thyroid
  10. thyroid cancer
  11. Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
  12. carcinoma of the thyroid gland
term_id 
EFO:0002892
term_name 
thyroid carcinoma
term_url 
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0002892