thymic carcinoma

Term ID

DOID:3284

Synonyms

• malignant Thymoma
• Thymoma, malignant

Definition

A thymus cancer that derives_from epithelial cells. The tumor cells in a thymic carcinoma look very different from the normal cells of the thymus, grow more quickly, and have usually spread to other parts of the body when the cancer is found. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/thymoma/patient/page1

References

• ICDO:8586/3
• MESH:D013945
• NCI:C7569
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:128717008
• UMLS_CUI:C0205969

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:3284 )