National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Lung Adenocarcinoma
Synonyms

Lung Adenocarcinoma

Adenocarcinoma of Lung

Lung adenocarcinoma

Adenocarcinoma

Adenocarcinoma of the Lung

LUAD

Definitions

A carcinoma that arises from the lung and is characterized by the presence of malignant glandular epithelial cells. There is a male predilection with a male to female ratio of 2:1. Usually lung adenocarcinoma is asymptomatic and is identified through screening studies or as an incidental radiologic finding. If clinical symptoms are present they include shortness of breath, cough, hemoptysis, chest pain, and fever. Tobacco smoke is a known risk factor.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3512

code

C3512

Concept_In_Subset

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Contributing_Source

Cellosaurus

CPTAC

CTEP

CTRP

GDC

DEFINITION

A carcinoma that arises from the lung and is characterized by the presence of malignant glandular epithelial cells. There is a male predilection with a male to female ratio of 2:1. Usually lung adenocarcinoma is asymptomatic and is identified through screening studies or as an incidental radiologic finding. If clinical symptoms are present they include shortness of breath, cough, hemoptysis, chest pain, and fever. Tobacco smoke is a known risk factor.

Display_Name

Lung Adenocarcinoma

FULL_SYN

Lung Adenocarcinoma

Adenocarcinoma of Lung

Lung adenocarcinoma

Adenocarcinoma

Adenocarcinoma of the Lung

LUAD

Is_Value_For_GDC_Property

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177584

label

Lung Adenocarcinoma

Legacy Concept Name

Lung_Adenocarcinoma

Maps_To

52

Neoplastic_Status

Malignant

Preferred_Name

Lung Adenocarcinoma

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C3512

Semantic_Type

Neoplastic Process

UMLS_CUI

C0152013

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C27745

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