nasopharynx carcinoma

Summary
Synonym
  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • malignant Nasopharyngeal tumor
  • malignant neoplasm of nasopharynx
  • nasopharynx cancer
Definition
A pharynx cancer that is located in the nasopharynx, the uppermost region of the pharynx or throat, where the nasal passages and auditory tubes join the remainder of the upper respiratory tract.
Super Class
carcinoma nasopharyngeal disease pharynx cancer respiratory system cancer
Disease Ontology
DOID:9261
Mondo Disease Ontology
MeSH
UMLS
NCI Thesaurus
ORDO
GARD
Related Genes
Displaying entries 1 - 10 of 13 in total
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
672 BRCA1 BRCA1 DNA repair associated
1138 CHRNA5 cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 5 subunit
1380 CR2 complement C3d receptor 2
1432 MAPK14 mitogen-activated protein kinase 14
1436 CSF1R colony stimulating factor 1 receptor
1571 CYP2E1 cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily E member 1
2876 GPX1 glutathione peroxidase 1
4486 MST1R macrophage stimulating 1 receptor
6416 MAP2K4 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4
7157 TP53 tumor protein p53

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