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Childhood Myelodysplastic Syndrome · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Morphology
Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm
Childhood Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm
Childhood Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Hematologic Malignancy

Childhood Myelodysplastic Syndrome

CI-CAN-00000735Explore in graph →

PediatricHematologic1 active trials

NCIt: C68744

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics
Variants & evidence
Drugs
Trials6
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness2 / 7 dimensions

Epidemiology (no data yet)
Survival (no data yet)
Trials (data present)
Literature (data present)
Genomics (no data yet)
Evidence (no data yet)
Therapies (no data yet)

Computed from entity_counters.completeness · refreshed after each connector run

Definition

What this entity is

An uncommon hematologic malignancy occurring during childhood. Many of the morphologic, immunophenotypic, and genetic changes seen in adult myelodysplastic syndromes are also observed in the childhood variants of the disease. Children present with neutropenia and thrombocytopenia more often than adults, and bone marrow hypocellularity is more often seen in children than adults.

Definition text as published by ncit-evsProvenance

Source: NCI Thesaurus (NCIt)
Dataset: NCI Thesaurus
Version: 26.08e
Retrieved: Sep 8, 2026
Layer: raw (as published)
Evidence: expert curation
License: CC BY 4.0
Run: ING-NCITEVS-20260908-000001

Open at source Curated

Data updated 22 days agoSource updated 26.08e

Taxonomy

Position in the hierarchies

Several hierarchies coexist; edges are listed per hierarchy type with their source.

Parents

ncit

Childhood Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell NeoplasmCancer Family
Childhood Malignant NeoplasmCancer Family
Myelodysplastic SyndromeHematologic Malignancy

Children (2)

ncit

Childhood Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Excess Blasts
Childhood Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Low Blasts2 sub

4 descendants in total; counters on this page aggregate over all of them.

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

Hematopoietic and Lymphatic SystemC35813

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00000735
Entity type: Hematologic Malignancy
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Hematologic
Pediatric relevant: Yes
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 4
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active): 6 / 1

Publications (all / 5y)

16,272 / 4,676

Evidence items

0

Genes / variants

0 / 0

Drugs (any / approved)

0 / 0

Genomic cohorts

0

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 18 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (3)

Childhood MDSsynonym · NCIt
cMDSsynonym · NCIt
Myelodysplastic Syndromesynonym · NCIt

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Key figures

At a glance

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No registry-level ancestor: burden figures are published for the mutually exclusive top-level site groups only, and this entity does not descend from one. Global figures (IARC / GLOBOCAN) stay under license review and SEER awaits credentials.

Active trials1countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #1186 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials1countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #887 of 1,277 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Curated evidence items0countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputednot in a current ranking snapshot
Publications, last 12 months920countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #101 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts0countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputednot in a current ranking snapshot

Data updated 18 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: none · counters aggregate over descendants