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cancer

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_162

Updating out dated UMLS CUI.

"A neoplastic disease that is malignant and characterized by uncontrolled cellular proliferation, local cell invasion and metastasis." [stedman:rlc, url:http\://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cancer, url:http\://www2.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwmednlm?book=Medical&va=cancer]

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Term info

Label

cancer

database cross reference

Subsets

DO_CFDE_slim, DO_RAD_slim, DO_FlyBase_slim, DO_AGR_slim, DO_cancer_slim, DO_GXD_slim, NCIthesaurus

definition

A disease of cellular proliferation that is malignant and primary, characterized by uncontrolled cellular proliferation, local cell invasion and metastasis.

has exact synonym

primary cancer, malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor

has obo namespace

disease_ontology

DOID:162

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/doid.owl

see also

URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/cellline#cancer, SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:189535002, ICD9CM_2010:239.4, UMLS_CUI:C0027639

Term relations

Subclass of:

disease of cellular proliferation