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Thyroid Cancer, Papillary MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
Tree Number(s)
C04.557.470.200.025.085.612
C04.588.322.894.400
C04.588.443.915.400
C19.344.894.400
C19.874.788.400
Unique ID
D000077273
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000077273
Annotation
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.
Entry Term(s)
Familial Nonmedullary Thyroid Cancer
Nonmedullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Papillary Carcinoma Of Thyroid
Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Thyroid Carcinoma, Papillary
NLM Classification #
WK 270
Public MeSH Note
2019; THYROID CANCER, PAPILLARY was indesed under THYROID NEOPLASMS and CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY 2010-2018
History Note
2019 (2010)
Date Introduced
2019/01/01
Last Updated
2019/01/01
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary Preferred
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