National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Colon Neoplasm
Synonyms

Colonic Tumor

Tumor of the Colon

Neoplasm of Colon

Tumor of Colon

Colonic Neoplasm

Colon Tumor

Colon Neoplasm

Neoplasm of the Colon

Definitions

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the colon. Representative examples of benign neoplasms include lipoma and leiomyoma. Representative examples of malignant neoplasms include carcinoma, lymphoma, and sarcoma. Colonic adenomas always exhibit epithelial dysplasia and are considered premalignant neoplasms.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C2953

code

C2953

DEFINITION

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the colon. Representative examples of benign neoplasms include lipoma and leiomyoma. Representative examples of malignant neoplasms include carcinoma, lymphoma, and sarcoma. Colonic adenomas always exhibit epithelial dysplasia and are considered premalignant neoplasms.

FULL_SYN

Colonic Tumor

Tumor of the Colon

Neoplasm of Colon

Tumor of Colon

Colonic Neoplasm

Colon Tumor

Colon Neoplasm

Neoplasm of the Colon

label

Colon Neoplasm

Legacy Concept Name

Colon_Neoplasm

Neoplastic_Status

Undetermined

Preferred_Name

Colon Neoplasm

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C2953

Semantic_Type

Neoplastic Process

UMLS_CUI

C0009375

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C2956

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