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Malignant Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Special Category
Malignant Neoplasm
Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm
Malignant Neck Neoplasm
Malignant Pharyngeal Neoplasm
Malignant Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm

Cancer

Malignant Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm

CI-CAN-00005902Explore in graph →

Top-level261 active trials1 approved drugs

NCIt: C9321
ICD-10: C11
DOID: 9261

Overview
Statistics369
Survival
Genomics1
Variants & evidence
Drugs
Trials771
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness5 / 7 dimensions

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

Computed from entity_counters.completeness · refreshed after each connector run

Definition

What this entity is

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm involving the nasopharynx.

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

Malignant Pharyngeal NeoplasmSubtype
Nasopharyngeal NeoplasmSubtype

Children (6)

ncit

Malignant Nasopharyngeal Germ Cell Tumor
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma9 sub
Nasopharyngeal Lymphoma2 sub
Nasopharyngeal Mucosal Melanoma
Nasopharyngeal Olfactory Neuroblastoma
Nasopharyngeal Rhabdomyosarcoma1 sub

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

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

Head and NeckC12418

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00005902
Entity type: Cancer
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Solid tumor
Pediatric relevant: Not flagged
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 6
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active)

771 / 261

Publications (all / 5y)

2,989 / 952

Evidence items

0

Genes / variants

0 / 0

Drugs (any / approved)

0 / 1

Genomic cohorts

1

Epidemiology / survival obs.

369 / 0

Data updated 17 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (8)

Nasopharyngeal Cancerdisplay · CancerIndex top-level set
Malignant Nasopharyngeal Tumorsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasm of Nasopharynxsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasm of the Nasopharynxsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of Nasopharynxsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of the Nasopharynxsynonym · NCIt
Nasopharyngeal Cancersynonym · NCIt
Nasopharynx Carcinomasynonym · CIViC

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Key figures

At a glance

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

US deaths664countUnited States · 2024 · both sexes · all agescdc-wonderObservedrank #27 of 31 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)
US new cases1,841countUnited States · 2023 · both sexes · all agescdc-uscsObservedrank #29 of 32 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2023 · top-level cancers)
US age-standardized mortality0.2per 100,000United States · 2024 · both sexes · all ages · 2000 U.S. Std. Populationcdc-wonderObservedrank #21 of 23 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)
Active trials261countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #18 of 36 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Recruiting trials139countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #18 of 36 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Curated evidence items0countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputednot in a current ranking snapshot
Publications, last 12 months154countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #30 of 36 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Genomic cohorts1countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputedrank #24 of 27 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)

Data updated 17 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: cdc-uscs · latest year available per metric · counters aggregate over descendants