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Endocrine Carcinoma · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Special Category
Malignant Neoplasm
Malignant Endocrine Neoplasm
Endocrine Carcinoma

Subtype

Endocrine Carcinoma

CI-CAN-00000838Explore in graph →

575 active trials16 approved drugs58 evidence items

NCIt: C215715

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics13
Variants & evidence58
Drugs22
Trials1791
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness5 / 7 dimensions

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

Computed from entity_counters.completeness · refreshed after each connector run

Definition

What this entity is

A carcinoma that arises from the endocrine glands. Representative examples include thyroid gland carcinomas, parathyroid gland carcinomas, adrenal cortex carcinomas, and neuroendocrine carcinomas.

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

CarcinomaCancer Family
Malignant Endocrine NeoplasmCancer Family

Children (6)

ncit

Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma9 sub
Childhood Endocrine Carcinoma6 sub
Neuroendocrine Carcinoma4 sub
Parathyroid Gland Carcinoma1 sub
Thyroid Gland Adenocarcinoma3 sub
Thyroid Gland Mixed Medullary and Follicular Cell-Derived Carcinoma2 sub

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

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

EndocrineC3010

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00000838
Entity type: Subtype
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Solid tumor
Pediatric relevant: Not flagged
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)

1,791 / 575

Publications (all / 5y)

317 / 29

Evidence items

58

Genes / variants

268 / 33

Drugs (any / approved)

22 / 16

Genomic cohorts

13

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 12 minutes agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (4)

Endocrine Gland Carcinomasynonym · NCIt
Endocrine System Carcinomasynonym · NCIt
Primary Endocrine Carcinomasynonym · NCIt
Primary Endocrine Gland Carcinomasynonym · NCIt

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Key figures

At a glance

Each figure carries its unit, period and source; ranks link to "Why this rank?".

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 trials575countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #68 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials291countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #72 of 1,277 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Curated evidence items58countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #73 of 492 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Publications, last 12 months2countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #1646 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts13countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputedrank #91 of 296 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)

Data updated 12 minutes agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: none · counters aggregate over descendants