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esophageal carcinoma

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Esophageal carcinoma (EC) is a tumor arising in the epithelial cells lining the esophagus and can be divided into two subtypes: esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). [ ]

Term info

Label

esophageal carcinoma

Synonyms
  • carcinoma of esophagus
  • carcinoma of oesophagus
  • carcinoma of the esophagus
  • esophageal carcinoma
  • esophagus carcinoma
database cross reference
Subsets

disease_grouping, ordo_group_of_disorders

closeMatch

http://identifiers.org/meddra/10030155

conformsTo

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/patterns/carcinoma.yaml

exactMatch

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Orphanet_70482, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/372138000, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0152018, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C3513, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1107

gwas trait

true

has narrow synonym

cancer of oesophagus, esophageal cancer, cancer of the esophagus, cancer of esophagus, esophageal cancer, NOS

id

EFO:0002916