Diseases

Papillary Thyroid Cancer

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.

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Abstract

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.

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19 entry terms
  • Papillary Carcinoma Of Thyroid
  • Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
  • Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
  • Thyroid Carcinoma, Papillary
  • Cancer, Papillary Thyroid
  • Cancers, Papillary Thyroid
  • Carcinoma, Papillary Thyroid
  • Carcinomas, Papillary Thyroid
  • Papillary Thyroid Cancers
  • Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas
  • Thyroid Cancers, Papillary
  • Thyroid Carcinomas, Papillary
  • Familial Nonmedullary Thyroid Cancer
  • Nonmedullary Thyroid Carcinoma
  • Carcinoma, Nonmedullary Thyroid
  • Carcinomas, Nonmedullary Thyroid
  • Nonmedullary Thyroid Carcinomas
  • Thyroid Carcinoma, Nonmedullary
  • Thyroid Carcinomas, Nonmedullary

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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

coordinate IM with THYROID NEOPLASMS (IM)

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History Note

2019 (2010)

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NLM Classification

WK 270

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000077273. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000077273
  2. Papillary Thyroid Cancer. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papillary_thyroid_cancer
  3. Papillary Thyroid Cancer. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2292945