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SPORADIC-MEDULLARY-CANCER


origination date: 21/05/2002
originator: Clara
subject field: medicine: disease
check date: 10/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAMEDULLARY-CARCINOMA-OF-THE-THYROID
ANCESTORSALL
CARCINOMA
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
ENDOCRINE-CANCER
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-MORPHOLOGY
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-OTHER-AND-UNSPECIFIED-SITES-
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-THYROID-GLAND
MEDULLARY-CARCINOMA
MEDULLARY-CARCINOMA-OF-THE-THYROID
NEOPLASM-BY-MORPHOLOGY
PHYSICAL-EVENT


English
sporadic medullary cancerterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
definition: extremely rare non-hereditary medullary carcinoma of the thyroid that usually involves one lobe of the thyroid gland. Sporadic medullary cancer tends to initially spread to nearby lymph nodes in the neck, and is the only thyroid cancer that can be diagnosed by measuring the amount of calcitonin in the blood. (en)

Spanish
cáncer medular esporádicoterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 9
part of speech: noun
number: singular
gender: masculine
definition: cáncer atípico del tiroides que suele originarse en un solo lóbulo del tiroides. El cáncer medular esporádico tiende a extenderse en primer lugar a los ganglios linfáticos cerca del cuello y representa el único cáncer de tiroides que puede diagnosticarse mediante la medición de los niveles de calcitonina en sangre. (es)