Structured Summary
Abstract
Tumors or cancer located in muscle tissue or specific muscles. They are differentiated from NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE which are neoplasms composed of skeletal, cardiac, or smooth muscle tissue, such as MYOSARCOMA or LEIOMYOMA.
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- Neoplasms, Muscle
- Muscle Neoplasm
- Neoplasm, Muscle
- Cancer of Muscle
- Cancer of the Muscle
- Muscle Cancer
- Cancer, Muscle
- Cancers, Muscle
- Muscle Cancers
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39 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
neopl located in muscles: do not confuse with NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE, neopl composed of muscle tissue; coord IM with specific muscle (IM) and histol type of neopl (IM)
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History Note
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Previous Indexing
- Muscular Diseases (1975-1995)
- Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue (1966-1995)
- Soft Tissue Neoplasms (1969-1995)
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WE 550
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Muscle Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019042. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019042
- Muscle Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18975957