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small cell lung carcinoma

Disease Summary
Associated Targets (65)
Tbio

36

Tchem

15

Tclin

10

Tdark

4


Mondo Description Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly aggressive malignant neoplasm, accounting for 10-15% of lung cancer cases, characterized byrapid growth, and early metastasis. SCLC usually manifests as a large hilar mass with bulky mediastinal lymphadenopathy presenting clinically with chest pain, persistent cough, dyspnea, wheezing, hoarseness, hemoptysis, loss of appetite, weight loss, and neurological and endocrine paraneoplastic syndromes. SCLC is primarily reported in elderly people with a history of long-term tobacco exposure.
Disease Ontology Description A lung carcinoma that has_material_basis_in primitive-appearing cells that are smaller than normal cells and is located_in the lung.
Mondo Term and Equivalent IDs
MONDO:0008433:  small cell lung carcinoma
EFO:0000702: 
MESH:D055752: 
NCIT:C4917: 
ONCOTREE:SCLC: 
Orphanet:70573: 
SCTID:254632001: 
UMLS:C0262584: 
UMLS:CN244903: