| | MeSH | Disease Ontology |
| Disease ID: | D000077273 | DOID:3969 |
| Disease Name: | Thyroid Cancer, Papillary | thyroid gland papillary carcinoma |
| Category: | MeSH | Disease Ontology |
| Type: | Neoplasms//Endocrine System Diseases | disease of anatomical entity//disease of cellular proliferation |
| Define: | An ADENOCARCINOMA that originates from follicular cells of the THYROID GLAND and accounts for the majority of THYROID CANCER cases. Cells exhibit enlarged, oval, or elongated morphologies with clear, round, nuclei. Fusions of RET, NTRK1, TPM3, and PCM1 genes are associated with this cancer. | A differentiated thyroid gland carcinoma that is characterized by the small mushroom shape of the tumor which has a stem attached to the epithelial layer and arises from the follicular cells of the thyroid gland. |
| Alias: | Familial Nonmedullary Thyroid Cancer//Nonmedullary Thyroid Carcinoma//Papillary Carcinoma Of Thyroid//Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma//Thyroid Carcinoma, Papillary | Papillary carcinoma of the Thyroid gland |