nasopharynx carcinoma

Summary
Synonym
  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • malignant Nasopharyngeal tumor
  • malignant neoplasm of nasopharynx
  • nasopharynx cancer
Definition
A pharynx cancer that is located in the nasopharynx, the uppermost region of the pharynx or throat, where the nasal passages and auditory tubes join the remainder of the upper respiratory tract.
Super Class
carcinoma nasopharyngeal disease pharynx cancer respiratory system cancer
Disease Ontology
DOID:9261
Mondo Disease Ontology
MeSH
UMLS
NCI Thesaurus
ORDO
GARD
Related Genes
Displaying entries 11 - 13 of 13 in total
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
7515 XRCC1 X-ray repair cross complementing 1
54790 TET2 tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 2
81037 CLPTM1L CLPTM1 like

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