National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Rectal Adenocarcinoma
Synonyms

Rectal Adenocarcinoma

Adenocarcinoma of Rectum

Adenocarcinoma of the rectum

Adenocarcinoma - rectum

Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum

Definitions

An adenocarcinoma arising from the rectum. It is more frequently seen in populations with a Western type diet and in patients with a history of chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Signs and symptoms include intestinal bleeding, anemia, and change in bowel habits. According to the degree of cellular differentiation, rectal adenocarcinomas are divided into well, moderately, and poorly differentiated. Histologic variants include mucinous adenocarcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, serrated adenocarcinoma, cribriform comedo-type adenocarcinoma, and micropapillary adenocarcinoma.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C9383

code

C9383

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C192842

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

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118168

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C165258

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C102905

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C103063

Contributing_Source

Cellosaurus

CTEP

CTRP

DEFINITION

An adenocarcinoma arising from the rectum. It is more frequently seen in populations with a Western type diet and in patients with a history of chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Signs and symptoms include intestinal bleeding, anemia, and change in bowel habits. According to the degree of cellular differentiation, rectal adenocarcinomas are divided into well, moderately, and poorly differentiated. Histologic variants include mucinous adenocarcinoma, signet ring cell carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, serrated adenocarcinoma, cribriform comedo-type adenocarcinoma, and micropapillary adenocarcinoma.

Display_Name

Rectal Adenocarcinoma

FULL_SYN

Rectal Adenocarcinoma

Adenocarcinoma of Rectum

Adenocarcinoma of the rectum

Adenocarcinoma - rectum

Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum

label

Rectal Adenocarcinoma

Legacy Concept Name

Rectal_Adenocarcinoma

Neoplastic_Status

Malignant

Preferred_Name

Rectal Adenocarcinoma

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C9383

Semantic_Type

Neoplastic Process

UMLS_CUI

C0149978

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C5105

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C9382

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