National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Hereditary Retinoblastoma

Synonyms

Retinoblastoma Syndrome

Familial Retinoblastoma

Hereditary Retinoblastoma

Definitions

An inherited malignant tumor that originates in the nuclear layer of the retina. A predisposition to retinoblastoma has been associated with 13q14 cytogenetic abnormalities affecting the RB1 gene. Patients with the inherited form appear to be at increased risk for secondary non-ocular malignancies such as osteosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and fibrosarcoma.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C8495

code

C8495

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177281

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C186315

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177516

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C126659

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C186341

Contributing_Source

CCPS

PCDC

DEFINITION

An inherited malignant tumor that originates in the nuclear layer of the retina. A predisposition to retinoblastoma has been associated with 13q14 cytogenetic abnormalities affecting the RB1 gene. Patients with the inherited form appear to be at increased risk for secondary non-ocular malignancies such as osteosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and fibrosarcoma.

FULL_SYN

Retinoblastoma Syndrome

Familial Retinoblastoma

Hereditary Retinoblastoma

label

Hereditary Retinoblastoma

Legacy Concept Name

Hereditary_Retinoblastoma_RB1

Neoplastic_Status

Malignant

Preferred_Name

Hereditary Retinoblastoma

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C8495

Related_To_Genetic_Biomarker

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C17360

Semantic_Type

Neoplastic Process

UMLS_CUI

C0751483

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C9479

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C7541

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